[tri-med] Re: Hannah update...

Sorry to hear that Hannah has been sick. Hope she is back to her old 
self soon.  No I have never heard of a Vein Viewer. Will keep you in 
my thoughts and prayers.

At 01:13 PM 28/05/2009, you wrote:
>Hannah has had a rough few days. We called her pulmo on Monday because we
>were having O2 issues and temps. He wanted up to call the pediatrician
>yesterday and have them rule out everything they could. We went to the
>pediatrician yesterday afternoon and they checked her blood (all ok) and her
>urine (loaded with bacteria) so put her on Omnicef.
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>Still having O2 issues overnight and this morning so her nurse called the
>pulmo again. He gave her a couple things to do and said if she wasn't
>getting better in an hour to call back and he would probably send us to the
>ER. That is where we ended up this afternoon. They ruled out pneumonia but
>did find some psudemonas so they have changed her script to something that
>will cover both the UTI and the respiratory issues.
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>Has anyone ever had a Vein Viewer used on their kiddo? Those things are WAY
>cool!!!! They were really having a hard time getting an IV running. Stuck
>her about 6-8 times and never did get one running. They tried using the vein
>viewer and found veins but never could get an IV in any of them. She has so
>much scar tissue. If anyone wants to see a pic of the vein viewer in action
>just send me your e-mail off list. Zach took a pic of it on my arm. I was
>amazed.
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>So we are home now. Doc was comfortable sending us home since we have the
>nursing.
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>Those of you so inclined please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. Also,
>please do the same for one of her buddies in this area. Her name is Hannah
>also and she is not doing too well. She had been in the hospital and is now
>home because the docs said there really wasn't anything else they could do.
>She isn't a trier but she has medical issues. She isn't quite as old as our
>Hannah.
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Jocelyn,  wife to Frank,  Mother to Ian, Gillian and Susan, Nanna to 
Carly 21  Mathew 20,  Ashleigh 19, Alex 17,  and Tess  (Trisomy 18,) 
age 12 yrs,  & Benny the Maltese, plus one amazing DIL and two 
amusing SIL's of whom I'm very fond, and their extended family who 
are too many to list here.   

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