Let me start by saying that we LOVE this hospital. We know that there is no better place in the world to take our little boy to find answers. The biggest challenge is when their are just no tests that we can perform that will give us those answers. It's like we are just walking on eggshells and waiting for another cardiac episode to happen. They haven't detected even an erythmia.
We had an uneventful Fourth by watching the fireworks over the Boston skyline which was pretty neat. It did have me thinking of how many holidays we have spent within these walls. This is our first July 4th on 8 east, so I guess that we can't complain.
Just before rounds this morning, Tucker's new RN Kaitlynn was in doing her assessment when Tucker coughed several times then vomited all of his breakfast. He was not thrilled that now he is back on a liquid diet. So during rounds this morning, the team placed him on precautions. If you are unaware what that means, basically its like a scarlet letter that you have a communicable illness and you get locked in your room. Essentially, it's the worst with a toddler boy, so child life brought us in a bucket for Tucker to play with, play doh, Legos, bubbles, crayons, minions, a basketball hoop and some sensory toys. We have already cycled through most of them already.
During rounds, they mentioned several options, first, they are trying to get us in for a stress test, however they are completely booked today and the vomiting has them worried now so I am thinking that we will be here until we get this stress test to rule out weither or not it was an "activity induced" cardiac episode.
On a side note, if I wasn't a complete lunatic of a HEART mom already, the RN that handed me our pediatric heart kit today, and after our discussion on what happened the other night...I am sure wishes that she could take it all back now.
Because if I wasn't flipping out that he could code before, now I can't get it out of my mind. I hate this CHD life!
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