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Thanksgiving Sucks
Nov. 23rd, 2017 03:09 pmThis year's US Thanksgiving has sucked on a colossal scale.
On Monday, Elodie (2 yrs old) was running and stumbled, smashing her face & particularly her nose into the side of a table. The bruising & swelling was rather ugly, so she was whisked off to urgent care for an exam. Fortunately, all appears to be well and the swelling was much improved by Tuesday morning. She's completely rebounded from her minor ordeal.
On Tuesday, her aunt in Cleveland passed out at home. Once she was examined at the ER, it was determined that she had suffered an ectopic pregnancy and that fallopian tube had ruptured. Following emergency surgery to remove the destroyed tube & ovary and to drain 2.5L of blood, she was home again in 24 hours and is recovering well. That said, there is no way her family would be able to come to Maryland for Thanksgiving has had been originally planned.
Wednesday evening, it was noticed that Edwin, Elodie's 9 week old baby brother, was having difficulty breating. Michael and I stayed at their house to mind Elodie (already in bed) while Edwin was taken to the ER at Children's Hospital. There are no signs of a viral infection or mechanical issue, he just doesn't seem to be using his diaphragm to breath deeply. At the moment, he's on supplemental oxygen but is otherwise feeding, gurgling and flopping around as 9 week old babies do. We expect he'll be discharged in another 24 hours or so, once they have run additional tests and are comfortable that he's breathing sufficiently well on his own.
So, this Thanksgiving: much medical drama and no family travel. All our plans are out the window. With luck, we might still have the big holiday meal on Saturday but it will be limited to two families instead of three. We'll see how it goes.
On Monday, Elodie (2 yrs old) was running and stumbled, smashing her face & particularly her nose into the side of a table. The bruising & swelling was rather ugly, so she was whisked off to urgent care for an exam. Fortunately, all appears to be well and the swelling was much improved by Tuesday morning. She's completely rebounded from her minor ordeal.
On Tuesday, her aunt in Cleveland passed out at home. Once she was examined at the ER, it was determined that she had suffered an ectopic pregnancy and that fallopian tube had ruptured. Following emergency surgery to remove the destroyed tube & ovary and to drain 2.5L of blood, she was home again in 24 hours and is recovering well. That said, there is no way her family would be able to come to Maryland for Thanksgiving has had been originally planned.
Wednesday evening, it was noticed that Edwin, Elodie's 9 week old baby brother, was having difficulty breating. Michael and I stayed at their house to mind Elodie (already in bed) while Edwin was taken to the ER at Children's Hospital. There are no signs of a viral infection or mechanical issue, he just doesn't seem to be using his diaphragm to breath deeply. At the moment, he's on supplemental oxygen but is otherwise feeding, gurgling and flopping around as 9 week old babies do. We expect he'll be discharged in another 24 hours or so, once they have run additional tests and are comfortable that he's breathing sufficiently well on his own.
So, this Thanksgiving: much medical drama and no family travel. All our plans are out the window. With luck, we might still have the big holiday meal on Saturday but it will be limited to two families instead of three. We'll see how it goes.
