About a week ago Shawn was complaining of a cold, then by Wednesday he said he had the flu because he was achy. Thursday he came down to tell me he was having trouble taking a deep breath and he wanted to go to the hospital. We first went to
Medexpress but after they did a chest x-ray they said he was too sick for them and needed to go to the e.r. He went to the e.r. and they did another chest x-ray along with a breathing treatment. They said it looks like
pneumonia and after his breathing treatment he can stay at the hospital or go home. When I talked to him after the breathing treatment he said he wasn't feeling any better. I told him he should just stay at the hospital then. Because if you can't breath why would you come home. Apparently during the night he was trying to get help from someone and
no one would help him, he kept asking the nurse to call the doctor but he never came. When the am nurse finally got to his room around 7am they had to call rapid response then he had to be put on a ventilator to breath and he was moved to ICU. I have to get more details on this situation because the rapid response could have been avoided if someone would have checked on him through the night. The ventilator was doing 100% of his breathing and they said his chest x-ray was 100% worse than the night before. He was on a ventilator for 2 very long days. When they took him off his O2 levels were in the 80's and they want them in the 90's so he been on O2 since they took off the ventilator. They dropped the O2 down to 60% yesterday and this morning it's now at 30% so he is improving. His chest x-rays still look really bad but that will take time to improve. They might move him out of ICU today to a step down unit. Hopefully he will be home this weekend, but I'm sure it will take months before he feels totally normal again.
Thank goodness for my mom and dad they took the girls camping this weekend so I could be at the hospital. And thanks to my friends and family that have offered to help out with watching the girls or with whatever else we need. We really appreciate it.
6 comments:
OKay, so I lurk on your blog ever once in a while, and today found this post!! How awful and scary, I hope he comes home soon. I'm sorry you're going through this!! Take care.
Oh my gosh. That is terrible. I thought they had to come in throughout the night to check on a patient...like every so many minutes? How scary for you. I hope he continues to find strength...and so do you.
Oh my goodness! THat is terrifying. You would like to think that he is safer in the hospital but it doesn't sound that way. I will be praying for his pseedy recovery!
Oh Kim, how awful. I am so sorry to hear about this. You must have been so scared. I am glad he is doing better and hopes he continues to do so. We will keep him in our prayers.
Oh my...how awful for you all! I am so sorry you are going through this. Wishing him a speedy recovery and continued good health for you all.
I hope everyone is better by now! That is so terrible!
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