What a Day!

April 25 turned out to be quite a day. Kirsten, Luke and Mitchell's nanny, called me. Mitchell had thrown up at his massage appointment, then continued to get sick in her car and at home. About 15 times all told with the final heaves bringing up some blood. I rushed home and got him to our pediatrician's office. He looked pale, but didn't have a fever. Even with ok vitals, the doctor said we needed to go to Children's for evaluation. After going to the ER and being checked out we started offering liquids and he seemed to keep them down. They suggested we carefully watch him and follow up with GI. It could be that it is reflux related or that capillaries broke after being sick so many times. Fortunately we have an appointment on Tuesday, but poor little Mitchell. This kid needs a break!

While at the pediatrician's office, I received a call from my sister in law, Carli. My brother is in the hospital with a serious, yet not specified infection on his back. MRSA is suspected. He had terrible pain, fever, redness and swelling. Some of those symptoms are easing, but test results on the cultures are not expected until early next week. The surgeon will be removing more of the infection this weekend.

Some other not so great stuff has been happening to those around me so I feel compelled to pray for God's protection of my family, especially Mitchell and Craig, and my dear friends and loved ones.

We are particularly thankful that some good news came this week. Pulmonary found Mitchell's lungs to be in excellent shape. That means whatever aspiration he is having is not causing long term damage as of now. An appointment with an RN in Children's developmental pediatrics helped me navigate some of the issues we've been having. For instance, I think we will go ahead and have a hearing test done Wednesday. The RN is also helping to assign us to the Cerebral Palsy Clinic even without a clear test providing a reason for Mitchell's motor issues. While I've shunned the CP label, being assigned to a clinic consolidates some of the services we need so our care will be much more efficient! Mitchell got orthotics this week. He'll start being put in a stander during PT appointments now that he has these.