Sorry I really am not doing a very good job at keeping everybody updated. Kourtney was in the hospital again, she went in on Friday of last week and she came home on Thursday. She is just really having a hard time with her airway. I think that the main reason we keep ending up in the hospital is because when it comes down to it nobody really knows what to do. The doctors try and they do the best they can, but her syndrome is so rare and there really is no direct path to take. I think i have had my fill of the medical field for a while, the Doctors, nurses, and Respitory therapists are starting to drive me crazy. They found that she has an UTI (urinary tract infection) and so she had to have an ultra sound on her kidneys. Apparently she has gas in one of her kidneys (gas develops from infection) there is no way to treat it so they just fight the infection (with antibiotics) and then in 10 days they will do another ultrasound. They also gave her too much of her Vitamin D and that has been discontinued for at least 10 days - they have to draw blood to test this also- she was only supposed to get 200 units and they gave her 2000. I am just glad that happened with her Vit. and not one of her more powerful meds. She seems to be doing a lot better now and we can only hope that the pattern of hospital stays have come to a close (at least for a few weeks:)
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Your family looks so great--you do a great job of flowing with all the challenges. We are thinking of you. The Arizona Montagues/Richardsons
Thank goodness it was Vitamin D and not a med!!! That could have been terrible. I am sending lots of good thoughts your way.
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