One of the greatest challenges for the doctors & nurses who care for Athan is drawing blood. He “does not like to part with his blood” (as one doctor put it). After several attempts to use peripheral IV’s in order to get enough blood for lab work, they have decided to sedate him and let the attending doctor try an “artery stick." While he is sedated they will also do a spinal tap to double check the possibility of infection. They’re still trying to figure out why his blood sugars may have dropped so rapidly, and that’s why the tough little guy is having to undergo all these tests again. Amber is at the hospital with Athan, and I ran home to wilmore to get a few things for the night’s stay in the hospital and to spend a little time with Morgan (who has been with Grammy all day!) -- They should be attempting to get blood right now, so hopefully that is going well this time.
We’ll post more later as we hear reports. Thanks to Cindy for posting while we were in the ER this morning. We were there from about 5:45am until 10:30 when we went to a normal pediatric room in the children’s hospital. Since Athan’s blood sugar was fluctuating a little and because they couldn’t get enough blood for labs, they moved him to the PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) to monitor him more closely.
Thank you all...
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