MONDAY
Today is my dad's birthday. Happy Birthday dad! Traditionally, we give presents to the birthday boy, but today I got 2 great presents. 1) My dad let my mom come down to be with me and help me during this time and 2) Chase got to come home from the hospital today! So, it has been a great day. Thanks for having a birthday dad.
Chase woke up last night about 4am pulling at his oxygen tube again. He hates wearing it and it was starting to rub his upper lip raw. Rick tried to convince him to keep it in, but the nurse came in and rescued Chase (for once she was on his side). "Well let's try taking it off then," she said. Chase was happy about that. Finally he was getting his way about something. At first his oxygen level went down, but slowly it climbed back up and he was able to go without it for the rest of the day! Another positive was his blood test came back today and showed that his antibiotics were working and his infection was dying down. And since he hadn't had a fever all day, they gave him the go-ahead to leave around 4pm. The excitement of going home was in the air. Chase was giddy and I was happy to see him off all the tubes and IV and not confined to a bed. 4 year olds weren't made to be confined to beds.
The only downside is that Rick and I can't agree on how to take care of him. I want to be more involved in helping him out, though cautiously, and Rick would prefer me not to even be around. How can you do that to a mother? How can you tell her not to touch or even help her sick child? We had the doc come in and "mediate" our argumentt. The outcome? More understanding about the dangers of H1N1 for pregnant women, more reassurance from the doctor about the fact that I HAVE been vaccinated, so basically we got nowhere. Do I have the right to say...I HATE THIS STUPID VIRUS? IT'S RUINING MY LIFE! ok maybe 3 weeks of my life, but still. I'm tired, I'm done. I want to be a normal family again. But pretty soon it will be onto another event, welcoming #3. Oh boy, I think I can do this.
For now, let's just focus on the fact that Chase is home :)
Chase doing his breathing treatment at home.
Today is my dad's birthday. Happy Birthday dad! Traditionally, we give presents to the birthday boy, but today I got 2 great presents. 1) My dad let my mom come down to be with me and help me during this time and 2) Chase got to come home from the hospital today! So, it has been a great day. Thanks for having a birthday dad.
Chase woke up last night about 4am pulling at his oxygen tube again. He hates wearing it and it was starting to rub his upper lip raw. Rick tried to convince him to keep it in, but the nurse came in and rescued Chase (for once she was on his side). "Well let's try taking it off then," she said. Chase was happy about that. Finally he was getting his way about something. At first his oxygen level went down, but slowly it climbed back up and he was able to go without it for the rest of the day! Another positive was his blood test came back today and showed that his antibiotics were working and his infection was dying down. And since he hadn't had a fever all day, they gave him the go-ahead to leave around 4pm. The excitement of going home was in the air. Chase was giddy and I was happy to see him off all the tubes and IV and not confined to a bed. 4 year olds weren't made to be confined to beds.
The only downside is that Rick and I can't agree on how to take care of him. I want to be more involved in helping him out, though cautiously, and Rick would prefer me not to even be around. How can you do that to a mother? How can you tell her not to touch or even help her sick child? We had the doc come in and "mediate" our argumentt. The outcome? More understanding about the dangers of H1N1 for pregnant women, more reassurance from the doctor about the fact that I HAVE been vaccinated, so basically we got nowhere. Do I have the right to say...I HATE THIS STUPID VIRUS? IT'S RUINING MY LIFE! ok maybe 3 weeks of my life, but still. I'm tired, I'm done. I want to be a normal family again. But pretty soon it will be onto another event, welcoming #3. Oh boy, I think I can do this.
For now, let's just focus on the fact that Chase is home :)
Chase doing his breathing treatment at home.
Comments
I'm so glad Chase is home and doing better. It's really funny that I'm reading this because a few days ago- I think over the weekend I was making a list of things to do. I was thinking about people I hadn't seen since they moved and I thought, I need to email Amber and see how they're doing in UT. I actually put it on my list of things to do, to email you. I hadn't done it yet because our dumb computer is broken so it's been hard for me to have access to a computer. Anyway, I am here at the Raymonds house babysitting and I was looking at their blog at pics of their baby and I saw your blog link over there on the right and
I thought, I'll check Amber's blog and see how they are doing! Anyway, I just can't believe that I was thinking about you guys right during the time that you were going through all of that. I wish I had emailed you the other day. I'm glad the worst of it is over. That disease really scares me, and esp now after reading your story, esp since Chase wasn't considered high risk but was still so seriously affected by it. Two of my kids have asthma so I was going to get them the vaccine, but now after hearing your story, I'm thinking maybe I'll get it for all of them.
Anyway, other than all of the crazy sickness, I hope all is going well for you guys out there. I love your story about going to hear President Monson speak. He is in my sister's ward in Holladay and she always talks about how nice he is to everyone all the time. Your house there is really cute, and I know what you mean about the mountains, that is what I miss the most about it there, esp in Provo. I love it there and hope we can move back someday.
I hope Chase continues to improve and gets totally healthy soon! I'll be checking back to find out about the new baby too- do you guys know what you're having yet?
Take care and keep in touch,
Elisabeth
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