September 17, 2013

Here is what the day brought:

Cody became extremely nauseous at around 11pm last night.  I gave him every med I had in the house.  Then at 3 he got up with stomach cramps.  When I woke up at 6, he was not well.  Emailed and called the drs and they told us to come in. His bloodwork from yesterday did not indicate a need for a transfusion.  The first cbc this morning did not indicate the need for blood either.  So he was accessed and the fluids started.  Once here at Sloan he also had a fever.  So antibiotics were started.  The concern was his blood pressure.  It was low and dropped even lower.  After a few low reads, the hospital's rapid response team was called.  Within 2 minutes, his room was flooded with drs from different parts of the hospital including ICU.  New cultures were done and more blood was drawn.  The new cbc said he did need blood.  He was severely dehydrated and sometimes the counts get messed up.  The hope was after a blood transfusion his pressure would recover.  When this did not happen, it was best to transport him to ICU for round the clock monitoring.  We already knew he was being admitted for the fever but did not anticipate ICU.  They did a chest xray, ultrasound of the heart, stool cultures, urine cultures and just trying to find the source of the infection.  His only pain is still in his belly.  He is getting meds for that.  So here we are in ICU.  It is a scary place with a lot of sad people here.  I hope we can leave in the morning and go to the peds floor.  He got a second unit of blood and platelets and his pressures are creeping up.  I am thankful for that.  I am thankful for a few other things today too.  Thanks to all those that covered for me at work.  Thanks for all the messages.  Thanks for Mary Grace for the company.  She was here with Meg and was anxiously waiting for scans to be done.  Thanks for the hugs and so glad Meg for great news! Thanks for Moira for getting the dogs and thanks for the Silvino's for watching the house and the fishes.  Thanks for all the messages, emails, texts and LOVE from all of my family and friends.  We appreciate ALL of it.  Prayers for a quiet night and for better pressures.