Things can happen so fast that when you look back you wonder how you got through it.
My daughter was fine Sunday. We went to church. She sang and worshipped her way (making sounds as she is non-verbal) Her home health aide put her to bed. She has a home health aide because she is special needs and required total care and I have had right shoulder surgery, making me unable to turn or lift her. She was asleep and coughing a little when her aide left at 4:30pm. That is nothing to cause alarm as she suffers from asthma.
I went to check on her about 7pm and prepare her for the night. She had a temperature of 101.9. I immediately called 911. We are 3 minutes from the station and ½ mile from the hospital. By the time we got there, her temp was 103.4. She was admitted right away because she is also seizure prone and the fever could easily bring on a severe one.
The temperature has made her so dehydrated that they were unable to find a vein. They were successful after 4 attempts but still unable to draw blood. They had to give her fluids for over 12 hours before they could get a small amount of her blood and it was still a miss or hit situation. Under normal circumstances, she is a hard sticker because of medication she has taken in the past.
We spend 4 days in the hospital as she had developed pneumonia that quick.
We thank God that it was not the H1N1 flu as first thought because her doctor had not given her her shot because she had not received her supply. She is in the priority class because of her disabilities. It is amazing to me how hospitals do not have their supply.
I started written this blog while I was in the hospital with time on my hands and trying to find something constructive to do to keep from losing my mind as every two minutes it seemed like someone was coming in, waking you and the patient up.
This may not seem too much of a concern for an individual to have pneumonia, especially, with all that is going one now, but with special needs individuals it is of a great concern especially if they have pulmonary problems.
This shows us that life is short and that you must cherish each and every moment. You can be perfectly well one minute and very sick the next. It, also, does not take much to change your plans or to put you in a state of panic but you are unable to panic because you have to keep a level head.
It was a bittersweet time. My daughter turned 25 while she was in the hospital and everyone made her feel good even though we were under quarantined for the first 3 days until the flu test came back.
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