So, the plan was for Lydia to sleep until surgery. Unfortunately she did not hear the plan. She was up much of the night trying to tongue her bite block and breathing tube out of her mouth. She was not fazed by repeated doses of 3 different sedative / anesthetic agents, or by a 4th one this morning. So Winona is sitting at Lydia’s bedside to help keep her breathing tube in and hopefully to help her calm down when she wakes up enough to see Mom. The ENT surgeon stopped by last night to endorse the plan for a tracheostomy and to say that he was pretty sure he could get her on the surgery schedule for Wednesday (tomorrow) morning. Lydia had a fever last night which may be due to bacterial superinfection in the lungs, but her oxygenation is still reasonably good. The usual suspect fluids were cultured so we’ll see eventually.
In the middle of this, the other responsibilities of life continue for her family members. Various distractions are employed when we can’t focus on work. For a sesquipedalian logophile, that can consist of browsing M-W.com for a few minutes after meaning to just check one word, and finding a new favorite word du jour, polyphiloprogenitive.
2 comments:
Dear Black family,
Our thoughts and prayers have been with you and especially Lydia over these past couple of weeks. We've been watching your blog to see how she is doing and pray that all will go well as her care continues. What great examples of faith and perseverance you are to so many around you, although you surely don't realize it.
We've had a firsthand glimpse into some of the trials you may be facing right now, as our daughter Abby has undergone three open-heart surgeries. Although these have been our most difficult times as parents, they have also been times when we felt that we were carried by the love of our family and friends, and most significantly, by the Lord. We hope that you feel that support and special closeness as well.
Love and prayers,
Carrie and Luke Linscott
Carondelet Ward)
Thank you very much. We have learned among other things that someone else's kid may be much sicker. I am glad Abby is doing so well.
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