Well this morning I took Emma for her 2nd RSV shot & her H1N1 shot & little did I know what the morning would hold for us. The first thing they did for course was weigh her which always makes me hold my breath & with much cause to due so, the number appeared. The scale read 16 lbs, 15 oz. I told the nurse that isn't right, she weighed 18 lbs last Wed, can we please do it again. So we take Emma off (naked & screaming of course), she resets the scale making sure its balanced & the same number appears. My heart just sank & I wanted to cry, not again.
Then Dr. K comes in, a little small talk & then I told her I didn't like Emma's weight & could we please try it one more time on another scale. Well we did just that & you guessed it the number was still the same, 16 lbs, 15 oz. So we discussed some things, her mood, sleeping & eating habits, blah, blah, blah. Then I asked her what she was thinking, is this weight loss fluid from the hospital IV's or real weight loss. She feels its both. She quickly went to call Emma's cardiologist Dr. O & he advised us to up her Lasix to 3 x day + to come in to see him on Tuesday.
Can I tell you how exhausted & stressed out we are dealing with this for the last year. We really thought this would be behind us after the surgery. I knew there would be some post-op stuff to deal with & hopefully that is all this is, but we are very worried about our little girl. We are afraid they may put her in the hospital next week if there is no improvement, of course that was not mentioned at all today but you just never know. We try to prepare ourselves for all situations now so we are not surprised. At the least Emma will probably have to have another echo & maybe a chest x-ray next week, is my guess, so Dr. O can get the full picture of what is going on. So if you could, please say a special prayer for Emma + her Mom & Dad. Thanks-
Then Dr. K comes in, a little small talk & then I told her I didn't like Emma's weight & could we please try it one more time on another scale. Well we did just that & you guessed it the number was still the same, 16 lbs, 15 oz. So we discussed some things, her mood, sleeping & eating habits, blah, blah, blah. Then I asked her what she was thinking, is this weight loss fluid from the hospital IV's or real weight loss. She feels its both. She quickly went to call Emma's cardiologist Dr. O & he advised us to up her Lasix to 3 x day + to come in to see him on Tuesday.
Can I tell you how exhausted & stressed out we are dealing with this for the last year. We really thought this would be behind us after the surgery. I knew there would be some post-op stuff to deal with & hopefully that is all this is, but we are very worried about our little girl. We are afraid they may put her in the hospital next week if there is no improvement, of course that was not mentioned at all today but you just never know. We try to prepare ourselves for all situations now so we are not surprised. At the least Emma will probably have to have another echo & maybe a chest x-ray next week, is my guess, so Dr. O can get the full picture of what is going on. So if you could, please say a special prayer for Emma + her Mom & Dad. Thanks-
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My heart goes out to you. And prayers go up.
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