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We are on our way to the ER with Peanut. I cannot get his temp down and he is VERY sick. Please say a prayer for us. He really frightens me when he gets this sick...because he gets bad very quickly. I feel like he is battling bronchitis...but will know more in a bit!
I'm not gonna cry...I'm not gonna cry...
yes i am!
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wE PRAY FOR YOU AND PEANUT,YOU LL SEE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY RE DOING,THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOOD,IT MUST VE TAKEN ALL YOUR STRENGHT TO WRITE US,THANK YOU.
IT LL BE BETTER,WITH ALL OF US IT S A HECK OF A PRAYING POWER,HERE ONE TO TRY TO MAKE YOU LAUGH A LITTLE BIT CUZ I KNOW IT S GONNA BE ALLRIGHT,YOU GONNA SEE...WELL HERE MY TRY FOR AT LEAST A SMILE....WITH ALL THIS PRAYING FOR PEANUT I GUESS WE CALL IT FLOWER PRAYING POWER!!...DID I SUCCEED A LITTLE BIT...THERE ...YAA...HERE S A LITTLLE SMILE!!
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So sorry about P~Nut sending my strong prayers for you and Him. Be careful going to Hospital drive sane don't drive like I do in cases like this. All My Love and Prayers Jimmy
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"In the midst of winter, I learned there lives in me an invincible summer" Camus (maybe a paraphrase) Plants: 9229 | From: Maine | Registered: Oct 2004
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I called Vanessa before my shower not home still. Left message to call no matter the time. Praying for our forum nephew and his Mama and Daddy. Jimmy
* * * * Meet Clyde my Male Sugar Glider. Clyde says. Keep it organic GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. Pray for our Troops!
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Thank you thank you thank you ALL!!! I have no idea what I did before I had all of my garden family to rally around us in such times as this. Baby Peanut has pnuemonia. His temp was 103.3 when we got to the hospital..it was 105.4 45 minutes later. They started an IV (which by the way is real fun on a 2 y/o ) and ran antibiotics through him cautiously. Had we waited another day...he would have been critical...things hit him hard and fast bless his heart. They kept him 7 hours, finally got the temp down and watched him a bit longer. With my being a nurse, and him being well know at Children's Hospital...they usually let me decide if I want to bring him home or not....so I optes to bring him home...he will rest better here and we are close enough now that should I need to...I can have him there in 15 minutes (or less) He is completely exhausted and is sleeping now... I will have night duty tonight...I will have to keep a close eye on him because he has an adverse reaction to many medications. So, once we are over that hump...I think the antibiotics will kick in quickly. I just have to tel you that Children's Hospital here..is like a little corner of Heaven...they are WONDERFUL...absolutely wonderful. I am thankful we are closer now...that gives me great peace of mind. Again...I thank you all for your thoughts & prayers....that is the one thing that carries us through these times! Thank you for the sweet...comforting messages on our phone as we returned home. I am Blessed to call you all my family! And am so thankful that Mr. Bill had the insight and an idea for a place that would bring us all together! Yep//another sappy night for me!!! I love you all!!!!!
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though i d look if you came back before i went to bed,thankful i did;i know it s gonna be a long night but before you know it you ll have a little peanut all well and healthy.
with your good care and love everything s gonna be fine you ll see.
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vanessa - i hope your night was uneventful. we are thinking of you over here in israel too and praying for a quick recovery. it is so scary to see your kids get so sick, but peanut is on his way to feeling better give him a kiss from us Plants: 139 | From: israel | Registered: May 2005
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Thank you all so much...you cannot believe how I tear up...sniff sniff...when I read these posts that are so precious to my heart! I wish I could give every one of you rthe biggest hug! I have to give the antibiotics time to kick in...as a nurse I know that...as I mother my heart is breaking to hear him breath...it sounds pretty awful right now. but, so far his temp is not as bad as it gotyesterday. You all can be assured I have one eye on him every minute. all of our children our very special...but Taylor is an extra special baby for us! I wish you could have seen how retarded I looked last night....since the move we needed to change our emergency contact person to Darin since he is now the closest. When she asked the relationship to Tayloe, I got this very bizzare (stupid actually) look on my face. Although we refer to him as "Uncle Darin" because of the HUGE (25 yr) age difference..he is actually Peanut's brother. The attendent got a pretty good laugh out of my expression! And Darin will as well! A lot of times he will say to Peanut.."come to Uncle Brother Darin..." Sorry for the rambling...my one eye that isn't on the boy is very sleepy!
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Vanessa glad your home thanks for letting me know. I was awake off and on thinking I heard the phone we all worry so much about you and Peanut he is outr boy too. Being the forum nephew we all love him as well as you. Hope you rested some last night andf he is much better today. Never hesitate to call me any time of ever you need me I will do my best to do what is needed. Still praying hard for you all. Jimmy
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Hi Vanessa, Hope the antibiotics have kicked in and he is feeling and breathing better- and you are able to rest too.... still praying for you and Peanut- Nana
quote: I even woke up once thinking it was ringing, but I was just dreaming it.
Cindy Vampiretta, I hesitated about calling you last night...I always fear the Halloween monster will answer! But i have given him that hug for you...about 15 times! He gets so frightened when we have to go to the hospital...he latches on to me and I swear you can't tell where he ends and I begin! He had a death grip on Mr. Froggy an one of his FLOWERS that Aunt Cindy sent him...the nurses were cracking up at his flower...they wanted to know where we got it...I had to tell them it was our Kentucky wonder flower! I do have to tell you that Peanut made a pretty big statement to the Doc last night...he threw up all over him, his stethescope AND his chart! I thought he was going to get a standing ovation from the nurses for that one... He is feeling some better this morning. I am extremely sore from having him attached to me for so long last night. He is getting so tall he wraps those little legs around me 2 or 3 times and hangs on!
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Oh, so glad peanut is going to better soon. I was kinda worried so kept coming back online when I got the chance to se how things are going. Hope Peanut gets to buzz around in his costume tonight. Give him a hug and kiss for us. Nancy
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Vanessa - thanks for letting us know how Peanut is doing - poor baby with pneumonia!
Thank goodness he has you for a mom, and you knew just when the time was right to take him to the dr. Are the antibiotics sitting well with him? I know how it is to be allergic to most - the ONLY one I can take is the lowest dosage of erythromycin - nothing else! Everything else either gives me hives or a very upset stomach - it's not easy, and I commend you for being the strong woman/mother that you are!
A special Halloween hug for Peanut...and one for you too!
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Peanut is some better today...still a bit cranky...but better. His schedule is way out of whack so we will have to work on that! But, I am thankful we see improvement. I was tickled that the kids were so thoughtful and brought him that balloon...you know the one that was as big as the house! Well...I was until I ended up having to SLEEP with the darn thing last night! But we made it!
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quote:I've ended up having to sleep with worse things.
I should just be thankful I get to sleep with ANYTHING!!!!!
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Peanut has had a REALLY bad evening ...he has screamed non stop for hours on end... We have an appt at Children's Hospital for Monday Nov 7 @ 8:00am...it will be an 8 hour exam to try to see what they can do to help him at this point. They will give him a formal diagnoses at that time. I have really been holding off...not doing anything as far as meds etc...until we could go to this appointment. They are the experts with autistic children. He is going to have to have some help with sleeping. Right now he wakes up with night terrors sometimes 8 to 9 times a night...and then he is exhausted. Bless his little punkin head...he has just been through so much and I just want him to be able to rest...and have some quality of life that is enjoyable and not be so frustrated all of the time. It is already difficult enough that he cannot talk and let us know his wants/needs. That is VERY frustrating to him....and us. The school has been WONDERFUL but he is still in the 30 day evaluaton period there, so is not actually receiving therapy yet. I think he nay need some medication to help him get through the hump. So...I know I rely heavily on my forum family here...but I really need you to keep saying a few prayer for my little Peanut...that he WILL get some much needed help Monday!
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Ya know...I think it is that ...but I think tonight was (and this may sound crazy) his time of letting it "go" from the hospital visit. It is VERY traumatic for him to go to the hospital or the Doctor...he will always have in his little mind the pain he has been through while being there...and he just doesn't understand it. I HATE to have to take him because it scares him so. And every time he goes...there is an IV involved...X~Rays where they put him in that hard plastic papoose thing...it is all so painful. he couldn't possibly understand that it is to help him.
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quote: ...he will always have in his little mind the pain he has been through while being there...and he just doesn't understand it. I HATE to have to take him because it scares him so. And every time he goes...there is an IV involved...X~Rays where they put him in that hard plastic papoose thing...it is all so painful. he couldn't possibly understand that it is to help him.
Been there done that with Brennan...more than I care to think about. You just wish you could be in their place for them, but you can't. It hurts so much to see them go through this...them being so scared and not understanding why you are standing there letting it happen. Like you said, "he couldn't possibly understand that it is to help him".
I just can't handle it when children are scared and suffering. It tears my heart out.
Give Peanut a kiss from me...I just love that little guy so much.
Cindy
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Hi Vanessa! More good wishes here for next Monday. But is he at least doing better from the pneumonia now? It's so hard when your kids are sick and miserable, and you're exhaused and miserable for them! ESPECIALLY when they have a really high fever, because that is so scary, even if the hospital people tell you that the fever doesn't really do any harm.
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Thinking and praying for you and yours , Vanessa. I've been watching that show "Mystery Diagnosis" way too much lately and I know you've done some dietary things with Peanut, have you tried the gluten - free diet? With people sensitive to gluten they have some pretty funky symptoms
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Yeah and that's a tough one Mel. The gluton free and the limits on caiain(?)milk products are the 2 that they say these autistic kiddos respond to in a lot of cases. The big problems are...they hey a big "texture" problem. Where as Peanut use to eat anything you put in front of him...now he is so texture sensitive, he eats very limited thing. Mashed potatos, which he would eat by the bucket fulls...now make him gag. And, to limit his milk...well...then you are completely on juice in which he doesn't need that much fructose or sugar added...Ii have been trying to get him to drink a little tea...it aint gonna happen. I look back sometimes and know you all must get really tired of my pleas where Peanut is concerned. But, it is just a very frustrating journey that we are on here with him. Frustrating to us...but 10 times more to him. It is all trial & error...and trust me, there is much more error than trial going on most days.
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quote: I look back sometimes and know you all must get really tired of my pleas where Peanut is concerned. But, it is just a very frustrating journey that we are on here with him.
Oh, don't you ever think that, we DO NOT ever get tired of the journey with Peanut! The key word here is WE because we are all in this with you and wish we lived closer so we could help out more!
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