[tri-med] Re: UPDATE Hannah on her way to the doctor

Dear Janet,
Sounds like a crazy, exhausting day.... Hope you guys find some answers 
today and Hannah starts feeling better!

Loren (wife to Kraig, mom to Keren, T18, 18 mo.  :) )
Southeast Michigan
http://webpages.eng.wayne.edu/~ad6075

On Tuesday, March 30, 2004, at 03:14 PM, Janet Leigh King wrote:

> We got to the doctor with Hannah's fever up to 101+.  They ended up 
> doing
> lots of things to her. First they checked her O2 levels. It started 
> out low
> but climbed and held steady around 95-96. Because she was having some
> respiratory difficulties they did a breathing treatment (which really
> seemed to help. She fell asleep and you couldn't even hear her breath.)
> They took blood and tried to take a urine sample. She was not about to 
> put
> up with the catheter and showed them that by peeing as soon as they 
> swabbed
> her! They got a little but had to do it again a little later. The 
> second
> time she was bone dry! Not a drop. We pointed out that she had been 
> due for
> her "breakfast" at 9 and hadn't gotten it because of this visit. So the
> doctor said to go ahead an hook her up and give her some time to get 
> things
> moving again. (We needed to do that before she could give Hannah the
> antibiotic shot.) She also said that if we  wanted to one of us could 
> go
> get something to eat and bring it back to the office. (By now it was 
> close
> to noon) so Donn went to Sonic, which is nearby, and was back with
> breakfast/lunch in about 10-15 minutes. After letting her process her
> brunch they finally got a sample on the third attempt and we could all 
> see
> that there was something it.
> Next was the shot. I can't remember at the moment what exactly it was 
> (it
> started with an R) but they said it was something that, no matter what 
> the
> patient, a child or a big adult, they ALWAYS divide it into two shots.
> Evidently it's pretty dense and can do tissue damage. We had to hang 
> around
> for 20 minutes but she did fine and we FINALLY left there at 1:15 and 
> have
> to go back again tomorrow at 4.
>
> I'm tired.
>
> Janet and Donnell King
> Parents of Hannah Emily - 5-6-03 - Trisomy 14 Mosaic Partial
> Also Amanda, 21, Jon, 8, Zach, 14, and Caty, 12, who are all just as 
> special.
>
> for updates on the family, including news on Hannah Emily, go to
> http://kinglynews.blogspot.com
> (latest update March 21st)
>
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>
>


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