December 30, 2005
December 30, 2005 | Updates
Well, things are looking better today. Samuel slept well last night and took a nice long nap this morning. Some of his blood work showed that he was a little dehydrated, so they continued to give him IV fluids for most of the morning. He has been keeping his food down fine. And he has been acting more like himself this afternoon. He sat on my lap for a few hours and watched a movie late this afternoon. He is now a little agitated, probably because it is close to bedtime and he is getting tired again.The doctors talked about sending us home today, but decided to keep Samuel one more night - mostly because it is such a long drive for us to come back if he gets sicker for some reason. He sounds pretty yucky, but it seems to just be in the back of his throat. His lungs are sounding good and he is keeping his oxygen levels up even without oxygen.
We think that he first had signs of the RSV early Tuesday morning (about 1 am) when he awoke with a fever. RSV usually peaks at about day 4 or 5. So we are getting close to that timeframe and Samuel actually seems to be getting better, rather than worse. So we will most likely head home sometime tomorrow.
Lastly, the dietician (sp?) stopped by this morning and said she was concerned because Samuel had lost weight since he went home. She wanted to increase the food he was getting to help with that. I was happy to see her and also spoke with her about the fact that Samuel has now broken his leg and his tooth in situations where his bones should have held up. She agreed and also suggested adding some calcium and other vitamin supplements to his diet. That sounded good to me. It did make me upset with our rehab doctors, however, since I voiced my concerns about Samuel weight probably 2 months ago and they didn’t seem like it was any concern. They never weigh him when they see him, so I made them do it once just so they could see how much he had lost. But they said his weight seemed fine and wrote us off. I told the dietician that and she seemed fairly surprised about it. She said he needs to weigh 26 to 28 pounds and he currently weighs about 22 pounds. That doesn’t seem like much difference, but it is when you’re missing 20% of your necessary weight. Anyway, I will definitly speak to our rehab doctors when I see them next and let them know I’m not happy they didn’t refer me to a dietician sooner!
So, that’s it for now. It looks like Samuel is handling the RSV and pneumonia and doing it well. Let’s hope it stays that way. Keep the little guy in your prayers!
Love,
The Jewkes
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