Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Difference of a Day

On Sunday night Waverly started acting "off" for her. As I went to lay down for bed, I heard a different type of noise for her over the monitor. When I went in her room, she was breathing very fast (60-70 breaths per minute), grunting, heart rate was high, her skin was mottled, and her temperature was rising quickly. I gave her Motrin for her fever and tried to determine if she was seizing as well. I stopped her feed and took off her bipap in case she vomited (because she was acting like she might). And we rocked and prayed. Needless to say, I didn't sleep much that night. Her fever took a while to come down. The next morning, yesterday, she did ok for the first part of the day. But by the afternoon she started to go downhill again. We got her hospice nurse to come out too and got in touch with the doctors and put her on an antibiotic and have done what we can to keep her home. So far she's done better today. No temperature and breathing much better. She's been sleeping and on bipap most of the day. But we are giving her a break right now before bedtime. The first pic is her yesterday and the second one is her this evening. Thanks for praying for her and us during this latest sickness. We are thankful for the reprieve we got for the month of September.



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