I wanted to post an update to all my readers whom don't follow us on facebook. Gabby just got out of the hospital, from a picu stay. We had her teeth cleaned about 2 1/2 weeks ago and Gabby aspirated while having them cleaned. A week after her cleaning we took her to Dr. Wiley and he confirmed she had aspiration phenomena, we got her on medication and hoped for the best. We ended up spending Christmas Eve in the hospital (gave her fluids and sent her home) She only continued to get worse as the days past. We ended up taking her back to our doctor's office and they admitted her into our local hospital. (Great Hospital but not a children's hospital) they could not place an iv line, and had wanted to place a pic line (We refused) and were transferred to Children's hospital in Toldeo. Gabby spent 3 day's in the PICU. This was the sickest we have seen her to date. She gave us all a large scare. She was in an unresponsive state for the first 20 hours. Her right lung was full of phenomena, and was starting in her left lung. Her o2 stats were in the lower 80's(off oxygen) and high 80's with oxygen. Her respiration's were around 55-60 and her heart rate had shot up to around 170+. She was placed on some new antibiotics (strong ones) and lots of new breathing medication. We also are getting a vest that will 'shake all the fluid around" She is home now. We are taking the week off from everything to continue to allow her to heal. Please, Please everyone get the flu shot. There fear is she also caught something else and that was why her body was unable to fight it off. It was a scary couple days for us. The doctor's and nurses were great! While there we also filled out new paper work to get Gabby on a wavier. This will get Gabby a permanent nurse, and will allow me to be able to attend things with the other children, more time for school (so i can be full time student) and it will help us be able to keep her out of the public. There is just to much going around, and having her limited to the public will help reduce her being exposed to any other virus.
I also found out 85% of my schooling will be payed for with grants! That is only about 15% we will have to pay out of pocket. I don't expect to go for free but its nice to have the extra grants to help out. I hope to be able to get some scholarships to help pay for the following 8 classes I will need to obtain my RN after I finish with my LPN. :) I never thought I would be one to head back to school at the age of 30, but I am happy some classes transferred from my first time around. I know this will help my family in the future, and give me more knowledge with Gabby so we can give her a better quality of life. They are older getting older and someday we will have college and cars to pay for! :D I hope every one had a Merry Christmas! I will post picture hopefully this week from Christmas!
Thanks again for all the prayers, We see the power of prayers daily!
Maria
