A day spent driving, a day spent at the hospital...2 appointments to tackle.
First...Hudson's echocardiogram. This was his first time. It took about 30ish min, and I sat and watched the screen as the doppler ran across his chest. I saw all kind of brilliant colors dancing about the screen, and all I could think of is what if this diseae is now weakening his heart...will he now have to add cardiologist to his list of doctors?
I was told to ask if the echo was read at my afternoon appointment with Hudson's Pulmonoligist. This is where the good news comes in...
As he is staring at his computer screen reading over the echo results, out of Dr. Pulmonarys mouth came words I rarely hear..."his heart looks perfectly healthy and normal." That was wonderful to hear...one less worry for now.
Sadly, I have learned to try and sorta brace myself or prepare for bad news and never expect to hear good news...it just is what Mito has done to my mind and heart.
The not so good...
Last night I noticed Hudon started coughing a lot. He got real bubbly at the mouth, lots of secretions, and started sounding more junky than normal. My gut...that ache inside me that says something is brewing, kicked in...today, he has sounded horrible and a ton of bubbling secretions, very lethargic. I told pulmonary doc something is brewing..even though his sats were 99 while there...I just felt Hudson is on the brink....sure enough, this evening he is running a fever. Thankfully this dr. listens to me and is proactive, so he gave a script for Augmentin. Just hoping this is not the same strain as our last illness that landed Huds in the ICU....that did not respond to Augmentin. He also had labs drawn today for his gases, and he called me this evening to tell me they looked good...that was surprising to me with him being sick I expected his gases to be off...see, always bracing for the worst.
On top of it...
I am not feeling well...Im coming down with something...I thought it was allergies, but now I am wondering if it is a cold...I think allergies was wishful thinking.
4 comments:
Hope you both feel better soon. That was a great report from the cardiologist. Finnian gets his ticker checked out every year as we too worry about the heart rate issues he has but the final answer we got is its from the control center of his brain his problem is.
Hugs lovey
So happy for his healthy little heart report!! Praying for that little mister! And you! Love, Krissy and Tally
Praying the antibiotic does the trick....and soon! Hope you are feeling better soon as well!
Glad the echo results came back with good news! Gavin has a sedated echo on Friday, and while I know that it won't show a healthy heart, I hope it hasn't become worse!
Love, Hugs and Prayers!!!
thankful Hudson's heart looks good! praying for you and Hudson, hopefully you both feel better ASAP!
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