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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Oh, how horrible. Danny's case was very rare the doctors told us and they just couldn't get his temp down that night we rushed him into the nearest hospital who had him transported to Childrens Medical Center. I prayed he would make it to the E.R. in that ambulance. Of course until testing was done and time passed, the docs didn't know what was wrong with him. They gave him ice baths, IV's, so many meds for support, fever reduction, etc., and often he would awaken through the night and just rage out of his head until they sedated him. The docs were fearing brain or cord infection and it was so scary Jimmy and I just sat and held onto each little hand and prayed and prayed. He was IH 10 days and a shell of himself when we brought him home. It was awful and started as a cold. Every cold he had after that was terrifying for a while!
Were you there in the room when yours stopped breathing? I can't imagine the terror if you were! I imagine that aged you a good 5 years per child! Kids are so fragile when gravely ill.
Ellie81 is in a terrible situation and I pray that her baby gets well and Bengi can come home very soon. I was reading a story on Home Again website today about a dog gone for weeks and then being found. |
OMG!!! What a nightmare for you! Horrible that a diagnosis took so long for such a sick child! I met a lady years ago who's son had Reyes Syndrome...swelling on the brain, etc. and it happened very quickly. He was so sick...they weren't sure he'd live through it but he did and miraculously suffered no long term damage. It's so dreadful what can go wrong.
My son was at home when he quit breathing the first time. An LPN in our bldg resusitate him but he was blue and stiff by then. The ambulance went to the wrong apt. first, but finally found us and I rode with him to the hospital. This happened after the det truck had detonated the fire extinguisher bomb in the dumpster in front of our building and all the officials had left, so more flashing lights on the street. The second time, he was in his car seat in the back seat of our car outside the guard house at a military post in Germany....but 2 hours prior he was playing happily fever free at a friend's house at brunch. The same MP's and medical staff came out as had 2 weeks before when he quit breathing the first time. I carried therm strips and fever reducer in my pocketbook until after he graduated college...LOL
My oldest was in OR once a year the first 4 years of his life...open heart surgery when he was 3...he was born with 2 holes in his heart. His daughter had the hold in her heart repaired when she was 4.
There is no trauma quite like a child in such distress as yours, and mine, and so many others that I saw that were so much worse than mine. I have a hard time being in hospitals any more. I am glad your child came through such a frightening and dangerous situation.
Ellie is in a dreadful situation...so far away from where her Bengi was let out. Somebody needs a serious 'spanking' for losing her baby, and more effort at finding him should have been immediately forthcoming. I hope he is found and reunited with his family. It is just so heartbreaking...so sad! I hope her child is well again quickly if not already. So much can go so quickly wrong.