Friday March 23rd, we took her back to the doctor because she was still coughing terribly, and she was complaining that her mouth hurt. She had been in to see a doctor the following Saturday for mouth complaints and a fever, they told us then and they didn't see anything and to just keep doing her breathing treatments. So here we are back again. Friday they found an ear infection, checked for strep which thankfully was negative. They decided to put her on steroids to try and get the inflammation in her lungs down. The PA that we saw on Friday wanted to have another x-ray done just to make sure that she didn't have anything else settled in her chest. Since haven't had one done since January, they were concerned about what might really be going on in there.
We took Ava to Oaklawn to have her looked at and she did such a good job. She sat still for her x-rays and she was just ready to be done with being at the doctor. We were going to have a low key afternoon just hanging out as a family. Then the radiology techs asked us to stick around for a little bit. That's when we knew that something was not right.
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| Waiting in the PICU |
When they did the x-ray they found something that was lodged in beans esophagus. They weren't sure what was in there, but they knew that we needed to get it removed. They immediately sent us over to the pediatric unit at Bronson Hospital. They put her in the Pediatric ICU, immediately when we got there. In the beginning everything seemed to rushed, I think we were all a little panicked about what was really going on with bean. Once we got there, we were told that we were going to have to wait to actually start any procedures as Ava had eaten fruit snacks at 3:00. We spent hours trying to entertain her in the hospital room, all while she was begging for a snack. You know Ava!
Around 8:30 they came in and did a follow up x-ray. When she did this x-ray we were allowed to see the photo. It was so surreal to see the object stuck in her esophagus. She didn't really seem to be bothered by it at all, but it looked like a medallion just stuck right about clavicle level. They advised at that point that since it hadn't moved that we would have to give her an IV, put her to sleep, use the scope to remove the object, and then we would have to wake her up and get her to eat and drink before we would be able to head home.
At about 9pm we finally started the hardest part, the IV. Ava wanted nothing to do with the IV at all, she was miserable. They had us holding her down, while it took 2 nurses to get the IV in her poor little arm. I have never had to do something that hard in my life. It's just so hard to know that you are doing the right thing for them, even though they are looking at you like you are the worst person in the world.
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| Right after Surgery |
We were anxiously awaiting some news in the waiting room when the doctor walked in about 20 minutes later with a PENNY in between his fingers! He told us that it would be most expensive penny we have ever seen. He said that they figure based on how tough it was to get out and how irritated her esophagus was that it had most likely been there for about a week at least. He said that there were no damages though and that she would be free to go once we got her to wake up and get something in her system. '
She is now just eating us out of house and home! :) She is doing much better, thankfully! We have just tried to tell her that she isn't a piggy bank, so she can't put her pennies in her mouth!
Thanks to all of our family and friends that had us in their prayers last Friday night, we appreciate you all more than you know.
until next time... :)
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| Relaxing with Daddy after we got home from PICU |
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