Thursday, October 8, 2009

Hospital drama

Here are some pictures of Abigail at her recent hospital visit (mentioned below in the count your blessings post)
The picture of her hands is to show the size difference. We had a lot of trouble with the IV and this was the second attempt which failed. The IV came out of her vain and was pushing the fluids into her hand tissue. We caught it because I noticed that her fingers were turning purple and examined further to find that her hand was giant. We called it her elephant hand. In this picture the swelling has gone down a great deal already. Sorry for the quality they were taken with my cell phone.






Count your blessings

I am so thankful to everyone who prayed for our sweet Abigail during this trying time and I'm so thankful to my father in heaven for watching over her and for her recovery. For those of you who don't know on Friday evening Abigail started having trouble breathing so Derek and I took her to the ER. The doctor admitted her to the hospital and started treating her for pneumonia which is very scary considering how low her oxygen level got so quickly. (Note to all of you parents out there never hesitate always take them in when it's their breathing) The nurse said Abigail probably would have died that night had we not brought her in, so I'm so grateful that Derek and I listened to the promptings of the spirit this time. She's much better now and has her great personality back. The final diagnosis was viral pneumonia and a possible urinary tract infection (she had an infection somewhere but was already on antibiotics so they aren't 100% sure where it was, not the pneumonia because it was only viral) Either way she's much better and making a speedy recovery.
Thank you again to all who kept us in your prayers, we love you.