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“We need to get a blood gas to check for respiratory failure.” We watched her go from one liter of oxygen to three, and continue to drop her stats and breathe faster and more labored. She had just had an extra neb, and yet, was continuing to wheeze more and show signs of sheer exhaustion. [...]
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They show up uninvited. They barge in even when we say, “No, thank you, we have other plans for the week.” They outstay their welcome, well, no, they were never welcome in the first place… Especially when one of our kids gets really sick. Hopie has been in the hospital on and off (long story, but [...]
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Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice. Pray. Give thanks. 3 more words that I long to live. I try, and I wonder why it doesn’t come naturally. It should, I think to myself, and yet I [...]
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Mercy was playing on the table (yes, I know, I said on, because she was) with the potato heads and some rubber duckies, when I heard a concerned “Mom, get your coffee off the table!” Seconds before, I had noticed how close she was to my 3/4ths full cup of morning coffee. I was already [...]
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Breathing much better, though still easily winded and a bit wheezy, Gracie is “finally free from that jail!” He, he, jail, huh? “Well, they wouldn’t let me go!” Share this!FacebookStumbleUponEmailPrint
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“Yep, I know you do honey, I want you to go home too!” Updates: 6/18 9:45 pm, settling in to sleep, 93% O2 on “room air”! Now if she can just keep it up there for the night… We’re hoping she can go home tomorrow, the earlier the better. 10:30 pm, sleeping soundly, holding steady [...]
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(the note to remind me to pick up her black bear) I hear “maybe she’ll grow out of it soon” a lot. I have the hopeful thought myself, frequently. She still could grow out of it, but the present reality is that Gracie has landed herself in the hospital something like 10 times in the [...]
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Monday: Grace had a touch of cough every now and then, increasing in frequency by evening. O2 stats fine (97-98%). I told her she needed to use her albuterol inhaler before bed, as a preventative measure, as her cough was sounding more asthma-like. (When you’re an asthma mom, you learn to listen for the different [...]
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