Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Hope's first hospital admission


It's Tuesday and I'm not going to be able to return all the phone calls, and I do appreciate the support. So, I'll give a little update and hopefully fill in the blanks a little later.


Hope had a wonderful morning. She smiled a lot, moved her arms around and downed a few bottles of formula (the first since last Thursday). She looked so good, we thought that the dismal news of impending doom was held off by a single dose of Dilantin (seizure med), but alas, she proved us wrong. She decided to go limp, stare off into space and stop breathing, eventually taking a breath every now and then, just enough to keep her going for about 45minutes. It appears that the 2 1/2hours of seizing she did on Friday has damaged her breathing centre in her brain. She did smile again for Aunty Kyla later in the evening. We're hoping she gets some sleep tonight, since she hasn't slept in about 36hours.

2 comments:

Gail said...

Hi Jolene,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your precious family.
Love,
Gail

Joyce said...

Jolene and Alex
I was so glad to see you and Hope.
We are praying for you and your family often.
Joyce