Monday, April 14, 2008
Pneumonia
It is not Harrison! Our 7 year old has asthma and he had a flare up last night. This Spring is killing him with his asthma. I guess the mucous was too much and he has pneumonia brewing in his lungs. The white count was over double the normal range and the x-ray shows a triangular pocket of fluid behind the heart. He is home after getting an injection of antibiotics. He will do oral antibiotics for 10 days. Pray for a quick recovery for him. Harrison is in perfect health, believe it or not!!!
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Wow, you guys HAVE had a lot going on! Thanks so much for the prayers for Elijah. We got to see the wonderful Dr. Moga this morning and he was looking cute as ever. :)
Try not to worry too much about developmental stuff (I know, MUCH easier said than done). Just do the very best you can and God will take care of the rest. Give the worry to him.
Sending you lots of prayers for good health! I'm so tired of the cold/flu season I could just scream.
xoxoxox
I am so sorry your eldest is battling pneumonia. I'll be keeping in my prayers.
I am so glad you visiting our blog and left a message. It's always nice to meet other CHD and 22q families.
Regarding the butterfly vertebrae, basically the ortho said this is a deformity where the vertebra is shaped like a butterly, (smaller in the middle then on the sides) instead of being perfectly oval like it should be. He said rarely this can cause, or lead to, scoliosis but my Arianna already has a 1 degree curve. I have heard from other families that scoliosis in children can worsen really fast. Because she does have the butterfly vertebrae that means she is more suseptible to developing a larger curve. We are to followup with the ortho in a few months to make sure the curve hasn't gotten worse. Wait and see type thing...isn't that what it always is?!?!
We did have a neurosurgeon review the MRI and he confirmed with the radiologist that Arianna does not have a tethered cord so we are very happy about that. Since your son does have constipation issues I am very glad your getting the MRI done.
I still think it's kind of weid that my daughter has an extra lumbar vertbrae though. She's either missing something or has an extra something. (Can you hear the sarcasm in my voice)
I know I'm not much help but if you have any more questions let me know. I'll be keeping your little one in my prayers as you get in for the MRI.
You didn't mention what type of CHD he has....can I ask what it is?
It was nice to meet you!
Take Care,
Vanessa
Vanessa,
Harrison was born with an interrupted aortic arch type B, a large VSD, and a narrow aorta (I don't know the technical term for that). He was also born with a malformed left kidney with cysts and a uteroceole in the bladder. The CHD was repaired when he was 8 days old, leaving the narrow aorta and a residual hole. His uteroceole was decompressed when he was 2 days old and his left kidney was removed when he was 6 months old, along with reimplanting the right ureter, and fixing the bladder and removing the popped uteroceole. His left vocal cord was paralyzed after his heart surgery, so he had a feeding tube until January of last year. We had it removed. He had strokes after his heart surgery and as a result he has mild Cerebral Palsy on his right side. He can have little seizures because of this so he takes Keppra. He is also hypocalmic. He sat up at 13 months old and crawled a few months later. He stood when he was 1 1/2 and walked a few days before his second birthday. We use signs because he is a man of few words. He screaches a lot to communicate, which I can say is quite annoying. (sarcasm, but true). Our biggest challenge health wise is chronic ear infections. He is on his second set of ear tubes, place in January. He has already had 3 bilateral ear infections with the new set. I think that is it in a nutshell. Thank you for sharing your story. I will let you know about the MRI. I hope he does have a tethered cord, because that would answer the constipation problem.
Tiffany
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