Sunday, October 25, 2009

Gage was in the hospital, my grandma passed away and other updates

I have been so bad at blogging but that is mainly because I was out of town for a while with no computer. So where do I begin ...
October has been a horrible month for me. I went to Florida in the beginning of the month because my grandma was released from rehab into home hospice care, and wanted to see Gage before she passed. So we caught the first flight out to see her. Before I go any further let me explain what happened to my grandmother because as some of you may back in May we were told that she had lung cancer but the mass had not spread. She was told by a Dr that she had a long life left and many years left to live. Well about a month after the lymph node biopsy my grandmother started having problems talking, and her energy level dropped. Her feet swelled up and she was having a hard time breathing and functioning. She went back to her Dr who told her to wait it out for 6 months and if she was still having troubled come back. Then in August she got to the point where she couldn't even get out of bed she was in so much pain. My mother and Aunt flew out to Florida to see what was going on and upon there arrival had to rush my grandmother to the hospital. This time the Dr's blamed her heart and decided it was in her best interest to have a pace maker put in. After the surgery they put her into a rehab so that she could learn how to function with the pace maker and walk with a walker. The pace maker did nothing to help my grandmother function and her breathing continued to get worse. My mother keep asking if she had pneumonia and the Dr's insisted it wasn't. Questioning the Dr's at the rehab my mother brought in a new Dr to give a second opinion, and discovered my grandmother did in fact have pneumonia. From the new Dr we learned that the lymph node biopsy must have been botched and in the process they must have harmed her epiglottis so when my grandmother would eat or drink instead of the epiglottis closing so food wouldn't get into her lungs it remained open so everything she ate and drank filled up her lungs causing pneumonia. In addition to that opening my grandmother up for the pace maker surgery cause the cancer to spread to most of her vital organs. At that point my grandmother decided she was ready to die and in the beginning of October she was released from rehab and sent home with home hospice care to pass away. At her request all of the grandchildren were flown out Gage and my nephew Reece included so that my grandmother could see us and have us all by her side to say her final goodbyes. On October 8th my grandmother peacefully passed away with Me, Gage, my Aunt Lynn, my Cousin Randy and my mother by her side. On October 10th (Patrick's birthday) Gage had a temperature of 102.7 and I immediately took him to the Dada county hospital. After an hour waiting in the waiting room we were taken back and told an ambulance would be taking us to West Palm Beach hospital pediatrics unit. One quick ambulance ride later we were rushed back into the ER where Gage was given a spinal to check for Meningitis and an IV with antibiotics and fluids. It took 5 days for his fever to break and at one point I was told by the Dr to prepare for the worst. Patrick was stuck out in Vegas taking care of my little sister while my step father and my mom were attending my grandmothers funeral. So for 5 nights and 6 days I stayed alone in the hospital taking care of Gage. Missing my grandmothers funeral and with no help from family. It was the worst week of my life. The day Gage was released from the hospital I decided to fly home. Dr advised me it was the safest time to fly with him since he had antibiotics in his system, so we took a direct flight home and have been back and recovering since. 2 Days after we got back we got a call from the ER Dr that Gage's spinal showed he had viral meningitis. It was a relief to finally know what was wrong with him. But it broke my heart that my little boy was so sick, Even now that we have been back for alittle over a week Gage still has a horrible cough that keeps me up at night making sure he doesn't choke. I'm just so grateful to be home and have me little boy with me. It has truly been a rough month but now that I am back and things are starting to get back to normal I will make sure to post more often. Also since we have been back Gage had his first set of professional pictures taken I will post those and some pictures of him in the hospital so everyone can see how big he has gotten. I hope everyone is well and I will be catching up on my blog reading this week between Gage's naps.




9 comments:

Anonymous said...

So sorry for your loss :( I hope gage is all better soon

Matt,Shell,and lil' Benjamin. said...

Oh amy , what a horrible month . I am so sorry to hear of your Gramma, and Gage being sick , that must have been so sad to watch .
I am so glad he is getting better and life is getting back to normal for you . HUGS !

Coco said...

Oh my! That is a bad month! :( I'm sorry about your grandma, I'm sure that was very hard.

Chele said...

Hugs girl, I knew from FB that you were having the month from Hell. Again, I'm sorry for your loss. I'm happy to hear that Gage is getting better. Hang in there, hopefully all the bad stuff is over for a long while.

Bonnie said...

Oh Amy, I'm so sorry for everything you've been through. Last September I lost my papa to cancer & it was so hard for everyone in my family.
I will be praying that Gage heals completely & that everyone in your family will have peace that your grandma is in a better place & no longer in pain.
<3 Bon

Lauren said...

Wow, what a rough time you've been having. I'm so sorry about your grandma, and I'm glad Gage seems to be okay now. I'm thinking of you!

Jenn said...

Wow Amy, that was a rough month! I'm happy to hear that you are home again, and so sorry about your Grandma. I think it was great you were able to be there with her. How do babies get viral meningitis anyway? Sounds so scary!!

Amy said...

Thank you girls for your support.

Jen babys get viral meningitis the saw way you get a common cold or flu, it's airborn. =)

VelvetJinxx said...

That is so, so terrible. I'm so sorry!

Also, I never congratulated your on your beautiful Gage! CONGRATS!