FORESHADOWING OF A VIRUS

I should have know that when I innocently downloaded a virus on my laptop last Tuesday from a trusted blog site, it was a bad omen for the rest of the week and a foreshadowing of what was yet to come...

Life without Tony was awful!!! Both girls had fevers, fevers, fevers, throw-up, fevers, Tylenol & Motrin, on-call doctor visit at 9pm on Sunday. Diagnosis of double ear-infections for both girls. Start of Amoxicillin antibiotic. Mary-Gail doing OK. Rebecca still running fever of 102.8, 103.5, 104. Tuesday I called doctor's office and they got her right in. Rebecca's oxygen saturation was hovering in the high-70's, low 80's. Not good. She was admitted to the hospital for a 23 hour observation.

That was Tuesday, March 18th at 12:34 pm. Rebecca's 1st x-ray (that had to be repeated 3 times) showed lots of cloudy masses in her lungs. We were told a fancy name that basically means Bronchitis. Breathing treatments, nose suction, antibiotics, steroids, and her Tylenol + Motrin were all ordered. The nurses started an IV and began giving Rebecca "baby Gatorade" to keep her hydrated.

We're back to weighing diapers, measuring her milk intake, writing down when her last dose of medicine was, and when her next dose will be. We've spent the last two nights (tonight will be 3) in an isolation room. ANY health care worker who enters Rebecca's room has to put on a sterile gown, gloves, and mask before approaching her. Rebecca is soooo terrified of anyone who approaches her - she knows they have another motive.

Today we took another chest x-ray. This time there were 2 views and the results were worse: Bronchitis and Pneumonia. Dr. Later told us we were going to be at the hospital "for a while."