So Arnas CT went well, she was given Versed only, she just looked like she was in la-la land, and just came out if it quickly. The ENT told us that she has a common defect in her middle ear, can't remember the name of it, but it will cause degenerative hearing loss, some day she will loose her hearing. But we can go ahead with hearing aids, I just hope she will leave them on.
Over the weekend Arna starts to feel sick, coughing allot and then crying afterwards. I took her to the doc on Monday and her Chest x-ray looks terrible. Her right lung is full of junk, but she was still moving air and saturating at 99. We got her a shot of antibiotics, which hurt like the dickens, and put her on oral steroids to open up the airways. She was been such a trooper and seemed to be feeling well, we went out for a walk yesterday and enjoyed the warm sunshine. Last night just after I got in to bed she started to de-sat in her sleep, down to 80, so I turned up the O2 and repositioned her on a Boopy to prop her up a bit, and she was doing better so I turned the O2 back down to normal and she stayed that way all night. This morning she is rearing to go again, and wants me to hold her so she can give me hugs and kisses, which she is now figuring out how to bite my lip(thanx Boofus). I left her in bed though, 6:00 is too early for her to be awake, she needs her beauty sleep. I am hoping she gets over this lung junk quickly, I really don't want to spend any time in the hospital.
A side note for those of you that don't know, I added a link for Jaxson's Blankies. If you or someone you know has a kiddo in needed of good cuddle blankie, please request one there. Lacey started it and has recruited my help and making blankies for sick kiddos. Most of them are out of state and Lacey just mails them off, but we did get to hand deliver one to Ben. He and his mom were in town visiting family when he got sick and admitted to PCMC. We were excited to give the blankie to his mom and then meet Ben as well. Please help in prayers to get them back home to NH, they miss the rest of their family.
Please visit the link sometime to see all the kiddos that have received a blankie, and maybe even make a donation to help us make more.
I will try to keep up on Arnas lungs the best I can. My parents are loaning me a computer to have at home since Matt needs mine allot lately.
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woohoo a computer! I cannot live without email! Hope Arna is feeling better. See ya Sunday.
Hey Julianna,
I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. We (Tony and I) have had the worst cold/flu we have had in years. I have been in bed for about a week. Luckily Indie hasn't got it from us although I suspect we got it from her, she was sick about 2 weeks ago. So anyways a lot of sickness going around our house. I will have Tony email you our address, I believe he has your email address. You are so kind to think of Indie on her 2nd birthday.
Hope everything is going better with Arianna's lungs. I wish spring would stop tricking us and just stick around, maybe then we could all kick the sicknesses.
Hi! Can you believe we made it? We are back in our NH PICU - a week later. I'm in my 21st day of hospitalization - UGH! It was so fun to meet you and Lacey. Thank you for your visits and calls. They realy helped me to stay sane while I was out there. I hope sweet Arianna's lungs continue to improve. Thinking about you!!!
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