Once we were awake enough, we called my mom at the hospital. We left her with a consent form to take Kelsie to the hospital, but the doctors had some questions about some of Kelsie's allergies.
I guess I should mention what brought Kelsie to the hospital in the first place. Apparently she caught a cold from my mom (or someone else) which caused her to have an asthmatic reaction like she did when we visited Bakersfield last fall. My mom said she was coughing really bad, so she got up and watched some cartoons with her. She then noticed she was having trouble breathing and her chest was sinking in. After a while mom and my brother decided she needed to see a doctor. My brother gave her a blessing and then were on their way. When they left the house, Kelsie didn't have a fever at all but by the time they got her to the ER she had a fever of a 102 and her heart rate was up to 180-190 beats per minute. They had like 4 doctors working on her. After calming her down a little, they decided she needed to be admitted to the hospital but they didn't have a pediatrics department....so she was transported via ambulance to a different hospital where she stayed over night.
Thankfully my sister and my niece Kylee (who is pretty much Kelsie's favorite cousin) came to the hospital to help raise Kelsie's spirits and give my poor tired mom a break. It worked for a while, but then Kelsie must have too much fun because her fever came back and she had a hard time going to sleep because she was overtired. It was so hard being in Japan, especially because we were able to Skype with her (thanks to Becky's laptop), but not be there to comfort her.
Luckily, the doctors were able to get her breathing under control and she only had to stay the one night in the hospital. She made it home from the hospital before our plane landed.
No comments:
Post a Comment