Sick Thoughts
I'm not sure if I'm the first father to be relieved that their child has been shown to have an infection. It shounds wierd to say, but it's true.
As I said earlier, Emma has been sick off and on lately. Unfortunately, every time she gets better and is taken off her meds, she gets sick again two days later. Well, Emma was tested again on Friday after her spell and an infection was found... but not the one that was affecting her previously. So... the doctors have changed Emma's medications appropriately to cover this new infection. We are hoping that the reason Emma kept getting sick was this other infection (which was hidden by the other infection she was fighting).
That being said, Emma is doing very well lately. Aside from her lungs she is growing and progressing nicely. She is over three pounds, and is up to 17ml of milk every 2 hours. She is very active, and she is at the point that when she is laying on her back she will soon have to be swaddled to keep her calm (otherwise she constantly kicks off her blankets, pulls on tubes, and tries to move around... fun to see, but she needs to keep her tubes in and work on growing and healing). Irregardless, Emma seems like she is going to be an energetic child.
Emma's lungs continue to improve, and she is breathing well today. Her ventilator settings are going down, but are still not yet where they were before her Friday spell. However, small steps are small steps, and all we can ask for is improvement over the long term.
As I said earlier, Emma has been sick off and on lately. Unfortunately, every time she gets better and is taken off her meds, she gets sick again two days later. Well, Emma was tested again on Friday after her spell and an infection was found... but not the one that was affecting her previously. So... the doctors have changed Emma's medications appropriately to cover this new infection. We are hoping that the reason Emma kept getting sick was this other infection (which was hidden by the other infection she was fighting).
That being said, Emma is doing very well lately. Aside from her lungs she is growing and progressing nicely. She is over three pounds, and is up to 17ml of milk every 2 hours. She is very active, and she is at the point that when she is laying on her back she will soon have to be swaddled to keep her calm (otherwise she constantly kicks off her blankets, pulls on tubes, and tries to move around... fun to see, but she needs to keep her tubes in and work on growing and healing). Irregardless, Emma seems like she is going to be an energetic child.
Emma's lungs continue to improve, and she is breathing well today. Her ventilator settings are going down, but are still not yet where they were before her Friday spell. However, small steps are small steps, and all we can ask for is improvement over the long term.
posted by Chadwick at 3:25 PM
1 Comments:
Hey Chad,
I think it's perfectly normal to be relieved that Emma just has an infection because it's much better to know what infection and how to treat it when your alternative is that lungs are sick for an unknown (and hence non-treatable) reason! Eric and I are still praying for Emma, Liz, and you. Let us know if we can do anything!
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