Waverly woke up very early Tuesday morning a very sick girl. Her monitor went off around 3:00a.m. and no amount of oxygen via her nasal cannula would get her sats back up. So we put her on the bipap. She was on 8 liters of oxygen through her bipap (the max we can do here at home), and her o2 sats were in the low to mid 80s. It was a very scary couple of hours for us, as we debated what to do and what the consequences of our actions would be. We knew that if we took her to the hospital, she would likely be intubated and placed on a ventilator. Thankfully, after we administered some early morning breathing treatments, her saturations came back up enough that we felt like she could stay home a little longer. Later that morning, around 8:00, her fever started. Once again, that thankfully came down with treatment (sometimes she doesn't respond to treatment for a fever).
In those early morning hours holding her and rocking her and seeing her struggle for air, I realized that even now, just a week away from her birthday, she still may not make it to two years old. Things can turn around so quickly for children like her, and in one instant she can go from seeming pretty stable and healthy (for her), to very very sick. It was the most scared I've been for her in a long time.
We are grateful that she had about a month in between these last respiratory illnesses, and are hopeful that if she can weather this pollen, she will be more stable for a while.
My name is Terri and I'm a friend of Carol's. Waverly is such a gift. I pray the Lord will give you peace with confidence in His love for you, Waverly, and all your family members.
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