Evelyn is sick
I hate to break a long spell of silence with bad news, but this is an easy way to share info with the people who care.
On Tuesday, Evelyn got a head/chest cold. She developed a fever on Wednesday, and she wasn't getting better by Thursday, so her pediatrician told us to take her to the ER. They discovered that she has pneumonia in her right lung. All the coughing ruptured some of the small airways in her lungs, so she also developed an air pocket in the protective sac around the heart and lungs. This is not super-dangerous, but it could lead to an infection.
Evelyn stayed at the hospital last night so they could monitor her blood oxygen level. During the night, it dropped into unsafe range, so they gave her some oxygen while she slept. When she's awake, her oxygen level is low, but safe. They took another chest X-ray this morning, but we haven't discussed it with the doctor yet. I'm sure if they saw the air pocket was bigger, they would have told us immediately. We hope they will send her home tonight because her oxygen levels have been pretty good, and her cough is getting better.
Evelyn's spirits are OK. She loves playing with the electric bed, even though it annoys everyone else in the room. We can tell she's getting bored watching TV because we have to keep telling her to get back in bed. Grandma came to Evelyn's "hospital sleepover" last night. If they don't send her home this evening, I'm going to take some movies over and stay with her tonight. It's a good thing we don't have anything planned for tomorrow, because we're all exhausted.
On Tuesday, Evelyn got a head/chest cold. She developed a fever on Wednesday, and she wasn't getting better by Thursday, so her pediatrician told us to take her to the ER. They discovered that she has pneumonia in her right lung. All the coughing ruptured some of the small airways in her lungs, so she also developed an air pocket in the protective sac around the heart and lungs. This is not super-dangerous, but it could lead to an infection.
Evelyn stayed at the hospital last night so they could monitor her blood oxygen level. During the night, it dropped into unsafe range, so they gave her some oxygen while she slept. When she's awake, her oxygen level is low, but safe. They took another chest X-ray this morning, but we haven't discussed it with the doctor yet. I'm sure if they saw the air pocket was bigger, they would have told us immediately. We hope they will send her home tonight because her oxygen levels have been pretty good, and her cough is getting better.
Evelyn's spirits are OK. She loves playing with the electric bed, even though it annoys everyone else in the room. We can tell she's getting bored watching TV because we have to keep telling her to get back in bed. Grandma came to Evelyn's "hospital sleepover" last night. If they don't send her home this evening, I'm going to take some movies over and stay with her tonight. It's a good thing we don't have anything planned for tomorrow, because we're all exhausted.