Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Aspiration pneumonia


Well we landed back in the PICU last night with aspiration pneumonia. She vomited on Monday (we aren't sure why yet-possible bowel issues or stomach upset/bug). Overnight Monday she had a rough night with lots of crying. I was up a lot with her trying to help her be comfortable. On Tuesday she was just acting very weird. Lots of seizure activity. High heartrate. But no fever or much congestion. She cried a lot during the day (very unlike her). Finally got her settled with medication around 6pm and then by 7 noticed her working hard to breathe and her temp started to spike. 

The hospice nurse came over and we tried several things to help her but she was still extremely agitated and struggling so we brought her to the ER around 10:30 last night and they admitted her. 

A couple of specific prayer concerns: we aren't sure what caused her to vomit in the first place. She's been having some bowel and digestive issues. Pray for clarity on what is going on and how to help her there. Of course pray for the pneumonia to clear up. Pray for protection for both her and I from other germs here. Pray for our other children. They were upset last night when we told them she was coming here. Pray for our health-Johnny is on an antibiotic right now after being sick last week. The older children both threw up last week (but just once) and the middle kiddo has had some diarrhea on and off. So something is off there. Waverly's day nurse went home after being with us all day and was sick with the stomach bug overnight. So we've all been struggling with random bugs and exposed to a lot. That coupled with lots of lost sleep isn't great. So prayer for strong healthy bodies is great (I worry what will happen if I get sick on top of all this!). Thanks for praying for us!

3 comments:

  1. Your team is behind you and many are praying.

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  2. We will pray for you to that all bugs go away from you & your family. All come back to normal soon.

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  3. our prayers have been going up for sweet Waverly, and now for all of you. I asked my mom's prayer group in Pennsylvania this morning to lift her up to the Lord. Gretchan Bellavia

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