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