July 2011

Keegan's fever.  It's back.  Ugh. Last night for several hours, Keegan would momentarily start crying and moaning in his sleep, intermittently saying "help, Daddy!"  I think it just about completely broke Gray's heart.  It was hard to turn off my mama instinct that something was...

I really should stop promising a time or date for a post.  Sorry about that. After a whirlwind day yesterday and not getting up from anesthesia until almost 5pm, Keegan was discharged last night - in rush hour traffic, of course.  But the important thing...

Keegan just came back to his room after having a PICC line placed in his arm.  This was his 40th round of general anesthesia.  He's not even 4 years old.  This time, he had a little oxygen dependency for about an hour afterward, but it...

This inpatient stay, that is.  Keegan's port is still leaking.  It's rather disgusting actually.  We rested it Monday.  Tuesday, surgery ran a dye study that showed the port is in tact (surprise), and they don't know what else to do.  We had to access the...

I’ve tried to start this post about twenty times so far and am still struggling to find the words.  They’re difficult to find when I try to explain it in person, yet alone in writing.  Hopefully just putting it in writing will help me process...

Keegan was admitted to the hospital again last night.  After the reaccess of his port at midnight on Wednesday, it continued to bleed and have discharge of some kind into the dressing.  He woke up Sunday morning scratching all around the dressing and at the...

I know I promised to post again with the rest of the news about Keegan's medical issues.  I didn't get to it last night, and since I don't have the energy tonight, I just wanted to post an apology/excuse.  Both kiddos have been having sleep...