Hello again. Well... we had an unexpected hospital stay this last week. Here's the story... Marcus caught a cold from Aliyah on Monday and was handling it very well until Wednesday night, when he started breathing really fast and his heart rate was around 170 even at rest. So we called the nurse, and the pulmonologist, and ended up taking Marcus to the ER here in town at about 11 pm. They kept us for a few hours and did tests (flu, RSV, Pneumonia -chest x-ray, blood work) and everything came back negative. His white blood cell count was a little high though and he had a fever by this time. His breathing was still really fast, and his heart rate was also still fast. So at 2:30 am we climbed into an ambulance and took a ride to Phoenix Childrens Hospital.
We arrived at 4 am, and went through the same tests in their ER. Then Marcus was admitted to their PICU. They did their stuff and we got to sleep around 6:30 am. Not much sleep obviously. The pulmonologist saw Marcus a couple of times and I asked many questions. Anyways... we came home yesterday (Friday) evening, so weren't in very long at all. Here is an explanation of what is going on with Marcus's health right now...
The pulmonologist explained that he thinks that Marcus has scar tissue on his lung tissue, which is causing the blood to not be adequately oxygenated. he said this could be from having been born early, been on a ventilator, and having had pneumonia a few times. He said the tissue does regenerate, but he needs to stay healthy for a while. He also wants to have a CT scan done on Marcus's chest, and a swallow study done when he is healthy again. This cold he got seems to have turned into broncialitis this time. He is doing very well now. He is on quite a few more medications now to try to help his lungs.
So now I guess we need to be praying for Marcus's lung tissue to regenerate and be healthy. Please pray that he stays healthy through the winter. Thank you for your continued concern for and prayers for our son, Marcus. God bless you. Kim
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