Monday, December 7, 2015

In the hospital again. :(

Last night around 6:30 pm Brooke was running a fever for 102.  My dad and Nick gave her a blessing and she took some Tylenol. By 11:00 the temperature was up to 104.  Nick took Brooke into the ER while her wonderful neighbor kept Elsa overnight.  Cohen and Reagan were at my house.  Brooke was having a hard time breathing as well.
At first they thought it might be a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in her lung.)  After doing a chest x-ray and CT scan they ruled that out.  They moved Brooke from the U of U hospital to Huntsman Cancer Institute ICU.  Nick got home around 3:30 this morning and needed some sleep! I got up to the hospital around 9:30 to stay with her until Nick could come back.
She was looking much better than the night before! While I was there they did an ultra sound of both of Brooke's legs.  Both legs were free from blood clots! YAY! They also did an echo of Brooke's heart while I was there and that was normal too! All good news!
The doctor determined that Brooke has atelectasis .  A partially collapsed lung.  This can cause a temperature and the difficulty breathing.  They are having Brooke sit up instead of laying down.  They also want her to walk around more and are having her breath in a machine.  Her oxygen levels weren't staying up when I was there without the oxygen on Brooke.  They are keeping her overnight until her levels stay up without the oxygen on.  She should be able to come home tomorrow.
Thank you for your prayers!
Thank you Wendy for letting Elsa sleepover and getting her to school today! Also, to Jennifer Philpot for picking her up from school! AND Bev for getting Reagan off of the bus and keeping her until I could pick her up! Brooke has the best neighbors!!

1 comment:

Bing Math said...

Holy Cow! Hang in there. Breath! Tell her prayers are coming.