Update 10-31-08

Hello-
We are still here. No contact precautions and no C.Diff!!! Thank God because that is a nightmare. So she is getting better. They want her to be able to breath deep and be able to cough to keep bringing up the junk in her lungs but Stacey isn't able to breath deep she can't even blow a bubble. So I am not sure what they are going to do. We are still waiting for the doctor to come and as usual I want to go have a shower and you know that as soon as I step out of the room the team of doctors would come walking in. So I'll sit here stinky...lol. The hospital is throwing all the kids who are allowed out of their rooms a halloween party and trick-or-treat with nothing edible. So she is excited about that she is going to be pediatrician. She has an Angel-Cake costume at home but I didn't know when I was packing to come down here 1 that we would be here this long and 2 that the hospital would have a halloween party. So I'm sure it'll be cute. I'll let you all know what the doctors have to say once they come in. :-) Thank You again for all of your continued prayers.

Love and God Bless,
Cherice and Stacey Lowry

Update 10-29-08

Hello-
We are still here. Stacey is doing a little better today. She is still receiving breathing treatments around the clock and then getting suctioned. She is still sleeping alot and not eating by mouth. Thank God for the feeding tube. She is tolerating her g-tube feedings which is awesome. We think she might have C.Diff again so we are awaiting the test results that will be available in the morning. I am really hoping that she doesn't have it it's nearly impossible to get it out of her. It's an incredibly strong strain of bacteria. So we will just continue to pray for quick healing and no C.diff. I will let you all know what happens when we get the results in the morning. Have a good day and thank you for all the continued prayers.

God Bless,
Cherice Lowry

Update on Stacey in the hospital

Stacey is doing better. She got the breathing tube out and is breathing on just oxygen and her own. She is doing better. So everything that has evolved is the infection in her right ear, fevers, double pneumonia, and an e-coli infection that was found in her urine. The docs are going to start her g-tube feedings tonight and see how she tolerates those. She is being moved to the IMU (intermediate medical unit). She will be there for a few days and she needs to be up and at her full speed for a couple days before they let her go and at this point she is still exhausted from everything and sleeping all day and night long. When she does decide to wake up she can eat whatever she wants. And we will wait and see what happens. I will update as I get more information. Thank you for all your prayers they have been a huge blessing. When I was driving to the hospital after she had left with the transport team and I had gone home and packed I turned the radio on when I was almost to the hospital and there was a song on the radio and the name of it is I'll walk by Bucky Covington. I want to share it with you. Thank you again for all the prayers they've been wonderful. We love each and everyone of you.

God Bless,
Cherice Lowry
I'll Walk

Stacey in hospital

Ok so here is the offical story. Stacey had been running fevers since ealry Friday morning and they were being managed with tylenol. And then Saturday we were carving pumpkins at my best friends house and she was a lil sleepy and little feverish but not much. So when we were on our way home from her house Stacey had asked to go to the hospital she wanted to see a doctor. So giving her the benefit of the doubt I packed her and Sunny up and away we went. We got there and were called back for vitals supper fast and then not even 20 minutes later she was called back to a room and there the docs discovered a pretty bad ear infection in her right ear. And they gave her tylenol with codiene and decided not to put her on the antibiotic because of her history of the C.diff the infectious disease that she has in her gut and is "reactivated" when she is on antibiotics. We would just go see her primary doc on Monday. So Saturday night she got a dose of the tylenol with codiene and then again early Sunday morning and then with hope of her waking up at some point and because the tylenol with codiene was making her too groggy I gave her half a dose. And then she was still asleep and I decieded to let her sleep since she was not feelin so hot. And at 2pm I heard her breathing wierd almost like she was choking or gaging and I went to check on her and her lips were blue and she wasn't responding to me and I went to get the suction machine to try and suction her and she didn't even flinch. So I called 911 and they were on there way. They got there and she didn't respond at all to them not even to the chest rub thingy they do to try and arose people who are not. And her O2 sats were 76 wihich is horrible. So off we went to Tri-City and they took a chest x-ray and discovered that she has double pneumonia so they had to intabate her to breathe for her. And started 2 IV's one in route to Tri-City and one in the room. So they called Children's to come get her and they did in there special transport ambulance that they have. And they spent a good hour working on her getting her ready and stable for transport to Children's and then it took another hour for them to drive down here and upon arrival they put a central line in her chest so that they can access that for blood gasses and to draw blood without poking her. And then I went home to pack up to come stay with her down here. And my dad drove down seperately and we got here pretty late and I attempted to get some sleep. Today (Monday) she got her breathing tube taken out partially because Tri-City put the wrong kind in her. And they wanted to see if she could breath on her own with just a nasal canula and suctioning. There is a fine balance between the vent being therapeutic and it starting to cause damage esp. because she had to be sedated. So all in all she is doing better. Still not 100% but getting there. She is still currently in the ICU. I will update more as I know more. Feel free to leave comments or to e-mail or call me. Thank You all for your wonderful prayers. God has definetly kept His hand on her. And He is The Great Physician.

Love and God Bless,
Cherice Lowry