Monday, September 11, 2006

Back in hospital


Either Molly really likes the nursing staff, or the TV in bed thing, but we're back in hospital. We got discharged on Thursday night, and she was well right up to Saturday afternoon. She started getting really grumpy in the afternoon, and was off to bed at 6.30 (unheard of for Molly!!) We had a rough night, lots of coughing and puking up of phelgm....and that went on for most of Sunday too. The staff rang to check how we were doing on Saturday, but I phoned them on Sunday to query her state of unwellness. She gone back to the legthargy, listness, moaning, fast respirations and a temperature. Nurse said she'd get the registrar to ring, and within 30 seconds of me hanging up, she phoned back telling us to go straight to ED. So we got in there, triage nurse saw us and took Molly's stats - either it was a dodgy machine, or she was really sick, but her temp was 38.9 and her O2 stats were 82!! So she was called over the intercom, status 2 to resus 2, status 2 to resus 2 - poor Craig was looking rather grey and said to me what the heck did that mean, I quietly whispered it meant she was really sick, babe. They hooked her up to monitors and her stats went up to 92, still not good, but way better than before! We went to X-Ray then up to PAU, where they finally admitted us back up - not before sticking umpteen-thousand needles in - poor wee tarts veins kept collapsing. So she's on another antibiotic through the IV, but if they loose the line the anti-b can be given in the butt. So we're in for a few more days yet...thanks to all those that are texting, phoning and sending wishes, it's keeping our spirits up! It's much appreciated by us all. Photo was taken last Tuesday - poor wee turkey!

Though today brought sad news too...a dear friend that I went high school with lost her husband, Warren in on Sunday...Rest in Peace, Warren, my thoughts are with Melissa, Callum, Harri & Kaitlin - and their extended family. The loss is huge, for everyone and am still in utter disbelief!

2 comments:

Donna said...

Dallas, I really hope Molly is coming right. What a fright for you all! Thinking of you.

Delys said...

poor Molly and lots of stress for you too. Hope she is better soon! Its amazing how kids quickly go downhill! And the veins collapse because she is so sick and ineptitude...Im an ex paediatric hospital phlebotomist/lab tech..used to get called up by the anaethetists sometimes so i know.