Heartsogold: September 2008

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Can you ever be too careful?

Two weeks ago, over Labor Day weekend, Katelynn was having a hard time breathing. She seemed to have a cold, but then it got worse through out the day on Sunday. Mike's family finally convinced him that we need to take her to the hospital. He didn't think it was necessary. She was using her neck and stomach muscles to even breath. Her lips were a darker color too. She was working so hard to breath, she couldn't stay awake. So we set out to find the Urgent Care near his parents home, to realize our insurance wouldn't go to that particular one. I drove to ST. Marks Hospital and into the E.R. we went. I was filling out paperwork while they took Mike and Katelynn right back to get her checked out. The Dr. decided to give her an albuteral treatment and steroids to help her breathing. Her oxygen was in the high 80's. They did a chest x-ray and didn't find anything. The Dr. felt they couldn't do anymore for her and that she needed to be taken up to Primary Children's Hospital by ambulance. Mike didn't think it was necessary because of the cost. They ended up having her on oxygen and having to do another treatment on her. We got to Primary's and they gave her a turbo treatment and more steroids. Her oxygen was between 88 and 91, after an hour of all the medicine. The Dr. felt she needed to stay through the night. She was admitted to the Rapid Treatment Unit (RTU) where they monitored her. Her oxygen dropped a little and they did treatments every 4 hours around the clock. They decided to let us go home after 1pm. So we were there for 12 hours. We had to continue doing albuteral treatments with the nebulizer and steroids for the next 4 days. I am so thankful that Katelynn is doing better. It will probably be something we will go through often.

An over view of this last year....

Joseph 5 years old

Katelynn was up at Primary Childrens Hospital for 5 days in May. She had restrictive airway disease! Uncle Kody is holding her, taking a break from Med. School up at the UofU.

Madisen had surgery up at Primary Childrens Hospital in June on her left thumb. She had a trigger finger. It wouldn't straighten and stayed bent. Her aunt Mindy noticed it and we took her to the Dr. who told us to go to a Plastic Surgeon. He told us what it was and that they are born with it. You may not notice it right off. He had recently fixxed his 8 year old niece's finger. She can staighten it without any problems now!!