Re: Re: In the hospital.....

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. Your family will be in my thoughts and prayers this week. Give Ian

big hugs from his RSS family!!!

advocate22003 wrote: Kim! Yikes! I'm so sorry to

hear has been admitted -

fortunately you will have the care you need while you are there.

That must have been a little scary, tiring and stressful to say the

least. I know it was very difficult for us in that it had been our

first time to New York and we were so uncomfortable in our

surroundings. I hope you will feel more comfortable than we did and

that you will take advantage of a Starbucks (offered near the

cafeteria) occassionally while you are there. That was the only

time I felt " normal " .

Please keep everyone posted. I will be in touch with several here

and I'll be checking in with them to see how is doing.

Please take care. Lot's of hugs.

- H

>

> I am starting to feel like I an relate to evryone dealing with

> hospitals. & I came to NY to see Dr. Harbison, and he got

> sick while he was here with significant breathing problems. So,

> yesterday, I scrambled to buy a nebulizer & get my local ped. to

call

> in some meds before we saw Dr. H. Once Dr. H saw him, she

admitted

> him directly to the hospital. Turns out he has the flu, and it is

> having an extreme effect on his lungs. He is on oxygen, and I

have

> no idea howlong we will be here at Mt. Sinai.

>

> I have been so stressed trying to take care of our travel

> accommodations. I had to check out of the hotel early, and I

don't

> know whether I will get a refund for the unused night (it was a

> prepaid reservation). It was real fun getting all my luggage to

the

> hospital by myself in the pouring rain, and then getting lost in

the

> hospital coming back in, because the main entrance is under

> construction, and I had to go through the basement. We were

supposed

> to fly home tommorow, and now I'll have to change our flight plans

> too. Meanwhile, I didn't bring enough clothes, meds, formula, or

> other stuff with me, and the hospital is having a hard time

getting

> 's GH, Aromasin, & formula. Ugh! Now enough venting.....

>

> On the positive side, Dr. H was wonderful in staying with us &

> getting directly admitted to the hospital so we didn't

have

> to go through the ER. She took down to radiology herself,

> and stood there until the did they chest X-ray. Then, she brought

> him directly to the peds floor. We met another RSS family while

we

> were here, which was also nice.

>

> Chrissy, thanks to you, I knew there was a way to get online

here!

> We are in room 428 now. The number to our room is if

> anyone feels like chatting. Hope everyone else is doing better

than

> us right now!

>

> Kim C.

> (mom to , 12, RSS)

>