SLCFD #14

The kids and I were invited to join Rob and Tracy for dinner with SLCFD's Station 14. It was fun to visit with all of them. Unfortunately, our visit was cut short due to a 911 call. As we were running out the door, Captain Brenda Robbs gave the kids fire helmets. You would have thought she had given Budah the world. We happened to be in the middle of eating pie when the call came in so Budah kept saying..."Mommy, I want to go back with the fire cock (truck) and eat pie with Daddy. It was so cute. He wore his helmet while we followed the Engine and Ambulance. He loves to see the lights and sirens. When we got home he went to bed and had to have his helmet with him. THANK YOU Captain Robbs for making our sons day and for having us over for a visit.

I don't know what this face is all about. But I thought it was funny so I had to share it.
Crashed out with his helmet.

PCMC follow-up

On Monday December 15th Budah was released from PCMC. I can't begin to tell you how happy I was. At first I wasn't sure that it was in his best interest. He hadn't had fevers for 36 hours so that was good but I was so worried he would dehydrate again. On the drive home he fell asleep. We put him in bed and he slept for about 2 hours. When he woke up, he was like a new person and I then felt he was right where he was supposed to be. I wanted to share some pictures of him. He was so brave and tough. I am the proudest mom. My lil man truly was a perfect patient.
Budah was confined to his room. You can just imagine how BORING that would be. I would go down to the Forever Young Zone and pick up activities for him to do when he felt up to it. Here he is painting a wood bear.


This is one of my favorites. It is so sweet. As you can see he is sleeping with a car. It is one that a UHP officer gave him on the 3rd day we were there. He still sleeps with that car. Thank you to the UHP trooper who truly made Budah happy.

He also would play PS2 games. They didn't have any that he could REALLY play but he sure did give it a good effort.

Everyone knows how much Budah loves sweets. This is all he ate of a cookie. Clearly he is in critical condition if he won't even eat a chocolate chip cookie.

Nearly a week at PCMC

Last Tuesday night I brought Budah to PCMC with a 105.5 temp that I couldn't get to break. He had been having fevers since Saturday but was continuing to decline. We arrived at the ER around 8:30 pm. We were back in a room by 9. They did all the typical tests...UA,Chest x-ray and strep test. ALL came back negative. The blood work they did was also negative...but there was obviously something wrong. They didn't feel comfortable about sending him home so they sent us to the RTU (Rapid Treatment Unit) for over night observation. Of course we will be going home in the morning. Budah continued to have fevers. The blood cultures hadn't come back so we were waiting for them. The doctor came in to talk to me around 8:30 Wednesday night. He stated that he was usually pretty cut and dry what he is going to do with a patient but Budah had him stunned. He was fine with me taking him home if I thought that would be good or he was ok with another night in the RTU. I chose to keep him there. He stated that since our 24 hours would be up at 2 am he would have to turn us over to the hospitalists for full admission. I was fine with that. We didn't leave the RTU but were under different doctors care. Budah was great 20 minutes later. He didn't have a fever and was acting like my boy. I started to question if I had made the right choice. He was cleaning up the toys he had been playing with and jumping around the halls and his room. Then at around 10:30 out of now where he spiked a 106.6 fever. It was not pretty. He had ice packs on him and he was not doing well. His heart rate was up to 198 (due to the fever) and respirations were at 44. He had me stressed.
They got his temp down and he was doing better. They came in and checked on him at around 11 for vitals but then by 11:30 he was at 105+ again. It was the craziest thing I have ever seen.
To make a long story short we have been dealing with the fevers until yesterday. Among other issues like his heart rate dropping to between 40 and 55 and his respirations down to 8. He is throwing pvc's and has a irregular heart beat. We are thinking now that it is a sleep apnea issue. We thought we might get discharged today but he isn't eating or drinking despite having the IV's turned off. We are going to try again tomorrow.
Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. You have helped to keep me strong. AND don't think I didn't get my camera up here for some photos of my lil man. I will download them when we get home...who knows when that will be. : )