This was Ezra in the ER last Thursday. The poor guy, as many of you know, had gone downhill very fast. It started with him being a little bit snuffly. It moved to a lot of congestion. Soon I couldn't rouse him for his 6 o'clock bottle and by 8:30 I was worried enough that I took him to the ER. After waiting about an hour, a nurse took his oxygen level at around 65. Normal is 93 to 100. That moved us ahead of a lot of people. After 2 spinal taps, several X rays, a CT scan, blood cultures, a urinalysis, and some other blood tests, we ended up in the pediatric ICU of a DIFFERENT hospital, transported by ambulance. He was in the ICU for 4 days, where he steadily improved and was moved to the regular pediatric floor. There his breathing improved for 2 more days until we were released on Tuesday. He is still receiving breathing treatments at home until he completely clears up.
This morning at the doctor he weighed 7 pounds! He even gained weight through that whole ordeal. People from church and friends have been FABULOUS, helping us with meals, babysitting, rides, and all kinds of things. Finally, my sister, Andri flew down at my emergency request when we learned that on the regular floor of the hospital, someone had to be present in the room AT ALL TIMES. Try that with two other kids and no family in town! She has been an INCREDIBLE help.
We are so thankful to be home, all of us under one roof again. And hopefully that's the last we'll see of the hospital for a long time!
4 comments:
so glad to hear he's doing better...i can't even imagine how scary that must have been!
(i'm not sure if i've ever commented, but my name is natalie and we're adopting through covenant care and i somehow found your blog. all of your children are absolutely precious)
oh chris, this picture is heart breaking. i'm so glad to know that he's home and doing better. that's amazing that he gained weight through it all! so glad that andri could come to help. love you all...
Words cannot describe how glad Dad and I are that you are all home and that Andri could come to help and support you. Love, mom
Oh my gosh, how traumatic! I didn't realize it all had such a scary start. So glad he's doing better and so thankful for a sister to help. If you're in a bind, remember we're only 3 hours away...I'm serious.
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