Update on the babies...

Just stopping by with another update. We've had 2 of our foster babies in the hospital this week at 2 different hospitals. Brylee has been there for two weeks to be weaned from her ventilator and for us to be trained on her equipment so that she can come home. She is doing great but ready to get out.
 We were going to finish everything on Friday, but Friday morning BB woke up with a 102 fever. I took him on to his pediatrician and they told me to go ahead to the ER with him. At the ER they ran tests and found his white blood count was way to high, he had a 103 fever, a heart rate in the 200's and a pulse ox that dropped down into the 70's -80's. They told me he needed to be hospitalized at Children's in Atlanta, because he was really sick. We tried to get him placed in the same hospital as Brylee, but that hospital had no beds. They then called the other Children's hospital in Atlanta and they said they were full too. They told us they would need to fly him to Birmingham or Chattanooga to an ICU unit. So we waited to hear back from those when Atlanta called back with a bed available. They took him by ambulance to Egleston Children's. It seems Blaze had caught a cold and it went to his lungs. He had double pneumonia & a flu type virus. We got released last night and he is sooooo much better. We are glad to have him home, but we are sad that we didn't get our classes in so Brylee could come home too. She is still in Atlanta. It's been a trying time for all of us. We've for sure had to work together as a family by rotating shifts, etc.
The hospital said this is the earliest they've seen the flu season start and they can't imagine what fall & winter are going to be like, because all of our hospitals here in GA are full of sick folks. It does concern me with two special needs babies and we are going to have to work extra hard to keep them well.
As for this week, our goal is to get everything done for Brylee. Please keep our family in your prayers.









Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6