Thursday, February 16, 2006

 

Sophia Always Has To Bring Something Home From The Hospital


Every single time we set foot in the hospital, Sophia gets sick.
We went in for her pre-op appointment on Monday. Tuesday morning she had a little bit of a cough and spit up a bit. We didn't think much of it as Sophia has pretty substantial reflux and getting her out of bed at 5:30am would definitely be enough to trigger it.
So she went in had her tubes put in everything went fine.
We got home and she still had a little bit of a cough. Maybe because of the gas, that anesthesia administered, we thought.
By that evening it seemed more evident she was coming down with something, but as she had just had surgery, it was still to early to judge. By morning he was miserable (see pic with Grandma above).
She was coughing, vomiting and not able to keep anything down. We made an appointment that afternoon with the pediatrician.
He said, there was a possibility she had picked up an intestinal bug that he had been seeing a lot of this week. But though it was more likely her cough was triggering her vomiting. He suggested, we keep her well hydrated and put saline drops in her nose to loosen up any mucus that could be building in there. Sophia's heart condition makes treatment with decongestants impossible. He prescribed a round of amoxicillin for what was quickly becoming an upper resiratory infection and sent us on our way.
Since that time we have managed to get Sophia very well hydrated, which was a challenge due to her vomiting. Last night, we managed to get a whole liter of pedialite in her. But, none of us managed to sleep other than in about 10 minute stretches.
This morning we are trying kindercal again.
Fingers crossed-Michael
Comments:
Glad the surgery went well, and I hope the little one is feeling better soon. Always a challenge when the kids get sick, especially our heart kids. Hope you parents get some more rest too! :)
 
I'm not sure if you are an olympics fan. I posted a blog about this on my blog on Feb. 14. Did you know that Shaun White, winner of the gold for snowboarding this year, has Tetralogy of Fallot as well? I thought it was really neat and amazing, and gives lots of hope to "heart" kids! :)
 
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