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Showing posts with label croup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label croup. Show all posts
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Finally a night of rest.
She made it through the night WITHOUT a treatment.
Yes!
So far soo good. Her last Epi. treatment was last night at 930p. They also gave her another steroid shot and some Tylenol.
It's 545 am and she just had a 6oz bottle and fell back to sleep-breathing fine.
Going on NINE hours now.
Yes!
So far soo good. Her last Epi. treatment was last night at 930p. They also gave her another steroid shot and some Tylenol.
It's 545 am and she just had a 6oz bottle and fell back to sleep-breathing fine.
Going on NINE hours now.
The light at the end of this little hospital visit is in sight. We'll see how she does once awake and moving around for the day...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Harper Lee Update
Through breathing treatments, a steroid shot, chest x-rays and careful evaluation, it was determined that Harper has a pretty severe case of Croup. It started early Monday morning, ER visit on Tuesday afternoon, ending with them admitting us Tuesday night. It's been a rough go for our sweet baby. . And really all of us, to watch her struggling for air.
She is a strong trooper and in good hands. If you're not familiar, Croup affects the upper airway/trachea. It causes swelling and can constrict the airway in some patients, like Harper. She responds immediately to the epinephrine breathing treatment that they give her and becomes calm and has easy breathing. There are times between treatments that she's even been upbeat, smiling, crawling on the bed, drinking and eating her baby food. All great and a sense of comfort..but they are short lived. For the most part she has gone about two hours and then the meds wear off and very quickly she goes back into a struggle for air. Her chest and neck concave with every breath, she breaks into a sweat and . . Well, Dave and I, begin to give her reassuring words, which I'm not sure if she needs more or us?.
What a horrible thing to watch your baby suffer. So much goes through your mind and you wish you could do anything to take that pain away. I am indeed thankful for her over all health and my other two children's health. We really are blessed and I know she will fight through this yucky virus. For now it's just been a lot of restless hours in the hospital.
The Doctors want to keep her another night because she is still unable to maintain comfortable breathing on her own. They want her to go at least six hours after an Epi treatment without needing another. All yesterday and last night she would make it about 2 hrs. Since this morning she has gone about 4 hours. We will see how tonight goes..As nights tend to be rough for most sicknesses.
Friends and family are super supportive and great in helping out with Beckham and Roma, food, phone calls, texts, ..etc.
I'll give the updates here on the blog for those that have been asking. Lets hope and pray we're out of that claustrophobic room and back at home by tomorrow!
Here are some pics that my pops and Shell took today while up here spending the night and visiting our sweet little Harper Lee.
She is a strong trooper and in good hands. If you're not familiar, Croup affects the upper airway/trachea. It causes swelling and can constrict the airway in some patients, like Harper. She responds immediately to the epinephrine breathing treatment that they give her and becomes calm and has easy breathing. There are times between treatments that she's even been upbeat, smiling, crawling on the bed, drinking and eating her baby food. All great and a sense of comfort..but they are short lived. For the most part she has gone about two hours and then the meds wear off and very quickly she goes back into a struggle for air. Her chest and neck concave with every breath, she breaks into a sweat and . . Well, Dave and I, begin to give her reassuring words, which I'm not sure if she needs more or us?.
What a horrible thing to watch your baby suffer. So much goes through your mind and you wish you could do anything to take that pain away. I am indeed thankful for her over all health and my other two children's health. We really are blessed and I know she will fight through this yucky virus. For now it's just been a lot of restless hours in the hospital.
The Doctors want to keep her another night because she is still unable to maintain comfortable breathing on her own. They want her to go at least six hours after an Epi treatment without needing another. All yesterday and last night she would make it about 2 hrs. Since this morning she has gone about 4 hours. We will see how tonight goes..As nights tend to be rough for most sicknesses.
Friends and family are super supportive and great in helping out with Beckham and Roma, food, phone calls, texts, ..etc.
I'll give the updates here on the blog for those that have been asking. Lets hope and pray we're out of that claustrophobic room and back at home by tomorrow!
Here are some pics that my pops and Shell took today while up here spending the night and visiting our sweet little Harper Lee.
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