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#388 - Out of the Hospital!
11 years ago
Hey Everyone!
Sorry for the delay in posting anything here this week. All I can really say is What a week.
We started off with Momo (my daughter) and I both under the weather. We'd been struggling with a cough and lethargy. It was rough. On Wednesday night she took a turn for the worse. She was panting, had a high fever, was not easy to rouse and extremely dehydrated despite my efforts to get her to drink and eat. I made the executive decision to take her into the ER.
If you follow my twitter account (@Rhari), most of this is a rehashing of the play-by-play you got last week:
At the ER they immediately took her in, gave her a nebulizer to open her airways, put her on constant oxygen and got an IV in with antibiotics and saline to help with the dehydration. We spent the night in the ER and in the morning they made the decision to admit us to a pediatric unit. The only problem is that the nearest pediatric unit was in the next city over. We were transported by ambulance to the Regional hospital where they finally got her stabilized.
By Friday her fever had reduced and she was less lethargic. She was awake for more than 12hrs, though still wanted to nap mid day. We had a rough night of tossing and turning and coughing and crying. She wasn't doing well. It was rough. On Saturday, she was more herself. She managed most of the day off the oxygen with the nebulizer throughout the day.
Unfortunately Saturday night was a different story. Her oxygen stats tanked and she was struggling to breathe again. A rough night of monitoring and restlessness meant a tired Momma. The hospital made the decision to keep her for Sunday. She spent the day again off oxygen and managed to keep off the oxygen all night! :D
Which leads us to today, Monday. We were discharged at 12:00 and are just resting and hanging out at home. Momo is handling this all really well and is happy to have the day to play and recover.
I want to send a shout out to all my followers who gave me the support on twitter and, especially Anaria, Misha, Matrices and Thriceborn, who helped me out financially while I was off from work. Thank you so much. I don't think I wouldn't have been so calm without you guys there supporting me and encouraging us from the get go.
I hope you all had a better weekend than us!
<3
Rhari
Sorry for the delay in posting anything here this week. All I can really say is What a week.
We started off with Momo (my daughter) and I both under the weather. We'd been struggling with a cough and lethargy. It was rough. On Wednesday night she took a turn for the worse. She was panting, had a high fever, was not easy to rouse and extremely dehydrated despite my efforts to get her to drink and eat. I made the executive decision to take her into the ER.
If you follow my twitter account (@Rhari), most of this is a rehashing of the play-by-play you got last week:
At the ER they immediately took her in, gave her a nebulizer to open her airways, put her on constant oxygen and got an IV in with antibiotics and saline to help with the dehydration. We spent the night in the ER and in the morning they made the decision to admit us to a pediatric unit. The only problem is that the nearest pediatric unit was in the next city over. We were transported by ambulance to the Regional hospital where they finally got her stabilized.
By Friday her fever had reduced and she was less lethargic. She was awake for more than 12hrs, though still wanted to nap mid day. We had a rough night of tossing and turning and coughing and crying. She wasn't doing well. It was rough. On Saturday, she was more herself. She managed most of the day off the oxygen with the nebulizer throughout the day.
Unfortunately Saturday night was a different story. Her oxygen stats tanked and she was struggling to breathe again. A rough night of monitoring and restlessness meant a tired Momma. The hospital made the decision to keep her for Sunday. She spent the day again off oxygen and managed to keep off the oxygen all night! :D
Which leads us to today, Monday. We were discharged at 12:00 and are just resting and hanging out at home. Momo is handling this all really well and is happy to have the day to play and recover.
I want to send a shout out to all my followers who gave me the support on twitter and, especially Anaria, Misha, Matrices and Thriceborn, who helped me out financially while I was off from work. Thank you so much. I don't think I wouldn't have been so calm without you guys there supporting me and encouraging us from the get go.
I hope you all had a better weekend than us!
<3
Rhari
Hope all settles in well now
Or did I miss it in the updates.