We had a busy end of the week. LE decided to inhale a small part of a pink crayon. After going to our doctor to avoid the ER, we were sent to the ER at Primary Children's Hospital to get X-rays. Her right lung would not deflate when she was breathing. The doctor said it was like a ball valve, and was wondering if we knew what that was. PLEASE, that is what Ry does for a living. They decided LE needed to get "scoped". To put her to sleep, she needed to have not eaten for 6 hours, and they told us this right after she ate. Annoying. LE had fun playing with all the toys and charming the nurses till about 11:00PM. Then they stuck her with needles, and she was pretty unhappy. Right when Ba had her calmed down, and put her to sleep, they came in to wake her up, so they could put her to sleep. The operation only took about 10min. We had a nice night sleeping in our cloths so they could monitor the lung. We woke up and Ry drove straight to work. He said a lot of his work had to be redone from Friday morning, but we survived. LE is doing great without any side affects, and we think she was the only one not traumatized by the experience.
LE is getting to be pretty adventuresome as is seen here standing up on a motor cycle. With the blue hue to her jamies, the doctors and nurses usually thought she was a boy. BA kept on the pink socks to help remind them.
LE loved to take the "ear lookers" off the wall because the light would turn on, and the she would put it back and repeat for about 15min. The crib was more like a play cage than a bed. We ended up 'sleeping' three on a twin bed.
This toe light was used to help monitor her heart rate. LE liked to chase her tail around, and we think she looked like ET. "LE go hooome".
LE needed to rehydrate so we gave her juice that was only half diluted. What a rush! She pounded that stuff. I thought she was going to have breathing problems on the recovery because she wouldn't stop to get any air.
To top it off when we got home Friday at noon we found out that pipes in our apartment had broken. What fun.
To top it off when we got home Friday at noon we found out that pipes in our apartment had broken. What fun.
Oh my goodness!! That is scary. It's true that only the parents are traumatized by such events...kids won't even remember a few days later! Glad LE is doing better!
ReplyDeletePoor LE! That's so scary! Hope everything is better now!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry that you had to go through all that, and SO glad she's okay now!! Good thing there are good medics who know their stuff. Makes me want to get rid of crayons in my house, or buy massive ones. :)Hope you all recover quickly. --Ryan and Christina Weight
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad she's ok. I know what it's like to have to try entertain a fourteen month old in a hospital room for hours on end. I'm glad you guys survived it.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad everything went ok, even though I'm sure that is an event you would have wished was avoided. Hopefully this is the last little stunt to scare mom & dad for a while! :)
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm glad she's okay. We have managed to completely avoid the emergency room so far, so good work getting your first out of the way early!
ReplyDeleteGlad that LE is ok, looks like she had a good time hanging out though :) there are tons of those bugs here! supposedly they only live 30 days so we will see how long they last.
ReplyDeleteOh no, but what a trooper!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun indeed. LE really is a trooper. I hope things are better and the pipes are fixed (especially since it's been awhile . . . )
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