Back To PICU and Wisdom Teeth

I don’t have much time so I am going to put a lot of things together on one post.

First off, Blake’s numbers got really bad yesterday (Friday) so they did some more tests and found that he now has a Rhino Virus, (the same virus that his roommate the other day had???) his lung is collapsed, and he is having a really hard time breathing. So, they decided that it was back to the PICU for Blake. It will be more of the same as the other times. Ventilator/CPAP help for breathing and trying to give him stuff to get rid of the virus. It also sounds like they will be sending Becky home with a ventilator for Blake and he will be using it when he sleeps. I do not have the slightest idea of when they will be going home. It is supposed to be a linear process. Sick-PICU-On the Floor-Check-out of hospital-Go home… He is making a circle from PICU to the floor. Poor guy shouldn’t have to go through this.



Dad was feeling pretty bad because he thought he may have gotten Blake sick. He was feeling something in his throat and his eyes have been burning like crazy. He saw a Dr. and they said that it was allergies and acid reflux. He has never really had allergies in Nevada, but I guess that he has never spent three weeks in SLC either…

As for our family we had a little surgery yesterday. Katie got her wisdom teeth pulled. Everything went well and the Dr. seemed like a good guy. Mindy brought over some treats and dinner for me last night, so I had her look and she said that it looked like he did a really good job (she is a dental hygienist). She has not puffed up much and is dealing pretty well with the pain, only taking one pill every four hours when she could take up to two every four to six hours. Tomorrow is when the swelling will come on. She has been icing it pretty well. We found that frozen peas work better than ice, but our supply is becoming mushy from over uses. That is why I am in town now, to get more peas, and more movies. Katie was pretty funny after the surgery. They said that she would wake up laughing every once in a while. I was so concerned about asking care questions that I forgot to ask them if they would give us the teeth. Well, about 8 o’clock last night I heard Katie say “O NO!” I came rushing in thinking she was bleeding bad or something. She was fine. She was a little caught off guard though when she found one of her bloody teeth stuck in her hair… I hid all of the pillows in the house because I was nervous about what the Tooth Fairy payout would be for a wisdom tooth…