Well, this is certainly not where I thought we'd be in 2010: back in a hospital room!?!
If you saw Hannah at church today you might not even believe me because she looked so good today!! After church we went to Jim's dad's place in Orange County. All was perfectly fine. I took Lily out on a walk to get her to go to sleep for a nap & when I came back (maybe 30 minutes later) Hannah was curled up on the couch under blankets feeling cold. She felt warm to me so Jim took her temp & called the doctor. Our dear doctor wanted us to come to Kaiser right away to get her line checked. I literally assumed we were making a quick trip & going home .... so much for that thinking.
Really, at this point, I know:
I should know better!!!
Hannah's fevers tend to go up very fast. Tonight she went from about 100 to 104 in less than an hour. Right now she is still hovering in the 104's even with Tylenol on board for the past 2 hours. She is sleeping, thanks to Benadryl.
Here is the deal: Hannah's blood counts are much better that they were a year ago but she still has her central line (Hickman line). Because of the central line she can get an infection in her blood stream & her body can get sepsis (not sure if I explained that right but that is how my non-medical brain understands it). So, since her temperature is so high she had blood cultures taken from her Hickman line. It takes about 3 days for the blood cultures to come back. In the meantime, congratulations to Hannah & I: we have won ourselves a three night all expense paid trip to the Pediatric Unit while she gets IV anti-biotics & we wait for the cultures to grow.
Hannah was actually in very good spirits when she was told she was getting admitted. I think she misses all her friends from the unit. She loves the nurses & thankfully she does not have to endure having her port accessed when she gets admitted (her central line hangs outside of her body so no needles are involved anymore for Hannah!!).
We will make the best of it all this week ... whatever comes our way. Please pray for Hannah's fever to come down & for there to be no infection in her central line.
I will post more tomorrow with an update on how she is doing.
Thanks to everyone who prays!!
All God's best from Room 1301 @ Kaiser Hospital --
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UGH!!! So sorry Debbie!!!
ReplyDeleteYou hang in their Hannah!!!
Hugs,
Diana
What a stinky turn of events. Just when life seemed to be back to normal for sweet Hannah. As always Hannah is handling it in "Hannah" fashion. I will add her to our prayers again.
ReplyDeleteMy Thoughts and prayers are with you..
ReplyDeleteBig Hugs...
I gave Hannah a hug at church yesterday. It is hard to believe how fast things change. Please know that Hannah and your entire family are in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteWe love you guys and are rooting and praying for every turn in this road. Grace and peace...
ReplyDeleteLike you said, we saw her at church and would never have expected this!!! She looked so healthy and perfect. WOW can things change in a momment! We will be praying for Hannah and that there is no infection. We will also pray for you and the family that things will normalize soon.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Christy
Sorry Hannah, Get well soon. Jump over the potholes in that recovery road, we know you can. God Bless and we will pray that your well soonThat recovery road. Lots of love and hugs.
ReplyDeleteLove,
You have the sepsis thing correctly.
ReplyDeleteHere's where those good blood counts will come in handy. I'm praying this is not a Hickman infection, that the blood cultures will culture out negative, that Hannah's new blood cells help her fight off this infection. I'll also say a prayer of thanks for the good blood counts and the fact that Hannah has a wonderful group of people to care for her.
Hang in there - it's just a step back after ten steps forward, this does not negate all Hannah's wonderful progress!
Watching the updates on facebook, and Praying!
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