Hello again to all my friends... (i sound like Barney) I'm sorry i'm a little sleep deprived. I am right now sitting in the most hight tech new hospital room. I'm typing on the computer in theroom. It's hooked to the ceiling and moves around. You can watch tv, internet, play games. It's amazing. OOOH the reason i'm here? Remember when i said Phoebe had pnemonia (i'm still not good at spelling that) Well, we have battled some type of cold or cough for about 8 weeks. Tuesday i called my sister to tell her i was stopping by Wally world to get some more meds when she said Phoebe had a fever all day, was listless, not eating. FABBBabulous, so we tried treating her with tylenol for the fever but it wasn't breaking. At about 8:30pm she thew up the little she had in her stomache. Then i notice her breathing was very fast, and shallow.... sosoosoo off i went to the ER. Let me note i have been in that ER this was the third time in 8 weeks. Twice with Phoebe. We, Phoebe and I got there at about 11pm. They did a chest xray, but they said it was clear. Her breathing still was not right, and her blood oxygen level was down... so they admitted her at about 4am. She had not slept yet, I definately had not. Then her oxyen levels started really droping soo, an IV went in , a breathing treatment, lots and lots of screaming, before i finally got her to sleep at about 6:30am. 3 different pediatricians were called in during the morning. The xray was relooked at.... hummm... ooooh she has does have pnemonia.. maybe something viral... we'll keep her over night and probably release her in the morning. Next morning she sounded worse oxygen levels worse... lets sender to a larger hospital. That was yesterday, I drove her out here. To Clarion North, New high tech hospital.
The conclusions so far.... We actually got to see a pulmanoligist (yeah i wouldn't have know that either, Lung specialist(i wonder if i butchered the spelling of that ) He believe's Phoebe has Asthma. And they also think that she has a viral infection on top that is flaring it badly. When she sleep deeply now her oxygen level drops like a stone. Meaning, I haven't been sleeping.
So far, she's got six holes between the shots and IV. and she is claustraphobic.... (I know it sounds ridicules for a one year old, but both of my girls do.) so the masks, the breathing treatments in her face..... yeah, lots and lots of screaming. I hate having to hold her down for stuff. I know it's for her health but i hate it. She has a tube in her nose, well it goes on her face. She is used to it now but it wasn't fun. I told the doctor that i didn't want to take her home unless i knew i could put her in her crib at night and not worry about her breathing. He said that she will not be released untill she can be off oxygen for 24 hours and her stats are good. I may be her awhile. at least i can blog... you may get tired of reading me rattle on.
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Wow! We'll be praying for Phoebe and her sleep-deprived, stressed-out mom!
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