I really am in unblogging mood, but I felt like I needed to update, since its been a week. A week of doctors visits, hospital stays and lots of dust and dirt at home....ugh. I'm exhausted.
Over last weekend, Caitlyn (our youngest girl) started with the beginnings of a cold-ya know, runny nose, cough..that sorda thing. Sunday rolled around and things turned for the worst. She had a fever of 102 under her arm and she wouldn't drink or eat- and shes the kinda girl that can keep up with the boys!She tossed and turned all night long, I gave her motrin and the
neb treatments with no good results. Monday, I decided she really should see the doctor. (BTW...I love my doctor!) After getting there, they checked her pulse ox (oxygen level) and it was at 89-90 (you should be at no lower than 98) and we tried the neb treatments again-with no change after 3. They did a flu and RSV test. She was positive for
RSV!! It almost took my breath away. She wouldn't drink and she only had one wet diaper for the last 24 hours. I have to admit, I got scared. I think some christians think your not supposed to react when things go bad-well, I don't agree, this was my baby-she was
sick-really sick. Sicker than I knew. The doctor immediately called the ER/Hospital to admit her. They told him that we would have to go through er first (something about hospital politics). I immediately called home and my Mother-in-law and they met me there.
At the er, they took an xray right away and discovered she had the beginnings of pneumonia...
PNEUMONIA!! Are you kidding me? What else do you want to tell me?!!(
Um..yea, about that..I shouldn't have asked.) The er nurses started an iv and gave her another neb treatment...with No change. Decided to give her oxygen. This was all not fun, although, for her age, I thought she would have fought more, instead she lay there still and just let them do whatever. That's when you
know she was sick!
They decided since she wasn't responding to treatment, it was best to admit her (duh, didn't my doctor call hours ago and say that?!). By midnight, she was in a room and about 30 minutes later-with iv fluids, steroid drugs in her iv and more neb treatments-she was asleep. The nursing staff was great, they offered her elmo toys (her favorite) and music (that's what help soothe her to sleep-the girl LOVES music). We settled in for a long night. She kept at 89-95 throughout the night and had neb treatments every 2 hours. Thankfully they didn't have to wake her every time.
Tuesday came and there wasn't much change in her breathing. I called in reenforcements=MY PRAYING FRIENDS/FAMILY. One of them said something that I know was a God thing....(I was so emotional, scared, discouraged by then)..."you can be upset, but you still need to speak the word over her. Say the right things, God IS going to turn it around!" And another one encouraged me to speak Psalm 91 over her. (Why didn't I think of that?!) I did. I took the hospital bible (I forgot to pack that in all the rush, I know, it should've been the fist thing I thought of) and I spoke that over her....God's word is true and powerful!
Her pediatrician called to check on her. He's so great. He wanted to make sure they were giving her the best care. I am so thankful for him!
Still standing on the word, I did get a little discouraged again when they decided to keep her another night. By then I was mad at the devil-stupid, just stupid-he is!! I really started speaking to him-He has NO RIGHT to touch her! We have a covenant and he has no right to touch her! I prayed, sang and spoke Psalm 91 over her.
That night, her pulse ox stayed at 98 most of the night and her neb treatments were moved to every 4 hours instead of 2. They were still giving her fluids and her medications to be safe-they wanted to knock out the pneumonia. By morning, we had to go ahead to leave!!! PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD!!
She is now home and almost completely back to normal!! She is eating like a pig again and practically back to running the house! :) which is really fine with me-I'm so glad to be home!!
I do want to say, please be vigilant in praying over your children and taking precautions...while were were in the hospital, there were 18 (maybe more) cases of severe RSV in children. Not that we don't stand on the word, but we still need to use wisdom.
I'll try and post pics soon, the house is still a mess from all the tiling and I can't find the cord for my cell phone to plug to the computer.....