[tri-med] Re: Hannah in the hospital

Hannah will be in our prayers, as will you and Donn

Ruth, wife to Rudy, mom to Brendon (18), Scott (16), Joshua (12) and Matthew
(Full T18, born 09/13/01)and one on the way...due 8/24/04
Orange County, California
http://members.cox.net/t18mom

Lord as I face each new day, grant me power, perseverance, patience and
peace.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Janet Leigh King
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 6:29 PM
> To: jlvking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tri-med] Hannah in the hospital
>
>
> Sorry for the mass mailing but I don't have a lot on energy at
> the moment.
> I will be falling into bed as soon as I send this.
> Please keep Hannah in your thoughts... We took her to therapy
> this morning
> and then to the doctor for her follow up from Friday. She was not quite
> herself as therapy went on and fell asleep on the way to the doctor even
> though she had only been awake about a couple hours. They checked her O2
> level at the doctor's office and it was 89% so they put her on oxygen. We
> also gave her a breathing treatment there but her O2 level stayed
> low. The
> doctor said she was sending us to Children's Hospital and since she was
> needing oxygen Hannah would have to go by ambulance. That is where she is
> now. The pneumonia is gone (they did another chest x-ray) but she was
> admitted for "asthma-like symptoms." While she is there they are
> calling in
> a pediatric urologist, her ENT and a pulmonary guy. Right before I left
> this evening (Donn is with her) they took a urine specimen and we
> will ALL
> be surprised if there is nothing in it. It looked just as gunky
> as the one
> they did in the doctor's office the last time she had a UTI. They
> are also
> going to take a look at her heart since that is one of the things
> associated with T14 but has never been really looked at on her.
> We KNOW she
> doesn't have the major heart defect but the doctor (hospital doc)
> wants to
> rule anything else out. She is on oxygen and is getting breathing
> treatments every 4 hours.
>
> We ordered a twin stroller for Hannah and all her stuff yesterday. I sure
> hope we don't have to add oxygen to the "entourage."
>
> If any of you are interested in being kept up to date please let us know
> and we will.
>
> Janet
> for updates on the family, including news on Hannah Emily, go to
> http://kinglynews.blogspot.com
> (latest update - May 24th)
>
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