Back in the hospital

We made it about 45 hours post discharge until we were back in the ER.  Her agitation was excruciating to watch because she was so extremely uncomfortable.  It was almost like she was constantly trying to crawl out of her skin.    We were admitted after a quick stint in the ER, and we have […]

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Agony and pain

We brought Hannah home on Saturday afternoon.  With the exception of anxiety and problems sleeping, she was doing really well. Or so we thought.   She is so uncomfortable to the point where she can’t get comfortable, cries out constantly, and just can’t be still.  The only relief she has is when we give her chloral […]

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Bye, bye, Klonopin

Our neuro and the hospital attending have both decided to take Hannah off of Klonopin effective now.   We have been kind of unintentionally weaning her off it this past week with the use of Versed (which is in the same family) and now Ativan, which is another benzodiazipine but has a shorter half-life and […]

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The next steps…

With the fundoplication out of the way, we have (hopefully) solved her problems with reflux and aspiration.  This is a huge relief because I feel like we have just been so lucky and have dodged the aspiration pneumonia bullet (common with nGD) that she could have so easily gotten at some point. Even with all […]

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Continuing the search

It has been hard to do updates on here because the hospital doesn’t have internet access, so I can only connect via my phone!   So it is easier for me to share my mobile facebook updates and elaborate… Tuesday, Oct 4, at 7:30 am:  Hannah was increasingly restless last night, but that was okay […]

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Fundoplication vs J-tube

We were given two options to consider to deal with Hannah’s reflux and, in turn, aspiration issues. The first was a fundoplication.   The big “con” in this choice is that it is surgery.   It may be a common surgery, but with Hannah, we can’t treat even common things as “common.”   Other cons is […]

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