[tri-med] Re: Going nutso!

Two messages from Janet re: Hannah.

Michelle mom to Alex (18, partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (14)
MichiganUSA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janet Leigh King" <jlvking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I just talked to Donn on the way in to work (he did hospital duty last
night
> and I head there after church) and he said that Hannah had a better night
> last night but still tripped the O2 alarm and was up at three. She is
still
> on O2, 2 1/4 liters, and they gave her Tylenol for a low-grade fever a
> couple times during the night. They are calling in the GI docs today as
the
> pulmonary doc found signs of aspiration in her lungs. (Not just the spit
> that's been going in, but Pediasure! This means that it's coming back up
> through the fundo.) So they will probably be checking on the fundo at some
> point.
>
> I'm tired.
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> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 11:29 AM
> To: jlvking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hannah is still in the hospital. Day 8 now. She had the Bronchoscopy
> on Wednesday to clean out her lungs and the eurethra dialation to
> releive bladder pressure. Both went well but you'd never know that
> they cleaned out her lungs!
>
> No UTI now so that is cleared up. The sample they took when they
> suctioned her showed some critters growing so she is now on bactrim
> and amoxicillin. Of course that brings on diarrhea. She is on 2 liters
> of O2. Still no word on when she will be able to come home.
> Last 2 nights she had a rough time, O2 dropping, alarms going off.
> Even deep suctioning didn't bring the numbers up. Then, out of the
> blue, AFTER they had called the floor doc, it went to 100% and stayed
> there. It dropped again after the doc left but we were able to get it
> to stay around 94-97.
>
> I've been having computer problems and can only get to e-mail
> spiradically (SP?). i bought a used laptop a couple days ago but now
> we can't find out modem card! :) The rooms at the hospital have all
> been remodeled and have outlets for high-speed access but it's not
> connected yet.
>
> I'm on my way back to the hospital now to releive Donn so he can come
> home and get his syllibus ready for classes that start on Monday.
>
> Some day we hope to get some sleep.
>
> Janet King
> Mom to Hannah Emily - T14 Mosaic Partial
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