Comments on: January was not so kind http://www.naasen.org/2010/01/31/january-was-not-so-kind The Homepage of BJ Atchley, Heather Atchley, Sophia Atchley, and Phoebe Atchley Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:00:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BJ http://www.naasen.org/2010/01/31/january-was-not-so-kind/comment-page-1#comment-1022 BJ Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:20:08 +0000 http://www.naasen.org/?p=958#comment-1022 I just need to add another note about Sophia's sickness. At one point her fever hit 106 even... at least by one reading. Otherwise it was up to as high as high 104s. Yes we were very worried. Heather's post doesn't really convey the worry that was in our house at the time. Sleepless nights as I coudln't go more than an hour of sleeping without checking on her temperature, breathing, and sitting aghast at how hard her poor little heart was pounding. She was well taken care of, but we were at our limits with how much we could do to help her recover. One very said sad effect of Sophia being sick is the suggestions and interpretations by the large number of nurses in our extended family. My mother is one of those nurses. She has worked in various NICUs over the course of the last 25 years or more. In some ways she relates things via her experience or sometimes is only telling a story about her experiences with a particular illness. I have inherited some of her traits. Sometimes I don't fully express an idea or a thought, or appear distracted while telling a story. I get that from her. One particularly worrisome night she made an off the cuff remark to my dad that "None of the children she has seen that are admitted to the hospital with RSV have survived..." Now Poppi thought his precious granddaughter (who he loves dearly... possibly too much) was going to die. I don't think he slept at all. Thanksfully my sister (Bekah) resolved this by clarifying the mistake. Any child admitted to the NICU with RSV is in dire straits. If you're above 18 months old it typically isn't that bad, usually manifesting like a typical cold or respiratory flu. Poppi was relieved, Nana has promised to be more careful with her anecdotes, and Sophia will be able to read this one day and give Poppi a hug for having worried him so. I just need to add another note about Sophia’s sickness. At one point her fever hit 106 even… at least by one reading. Otherwise it was up to as high as high 104s. Yes we were very worried. Heather’s post doesn’t really convey the worry that was in our house at the time. Sleepless nights as I coudln’t go more than an hour of sleeping without checking on her temperature, breathing, and sitting aghast at how hard her poor little heart was pounding. She was well taken care of, but we were at our limits with how much we could do to help her recover.

One very said sad effect of Sophia being sick is the suggestions and interpretations by the large number of nurses in our extended family. My mother is one of those nurses. She has worked in various NICUs over the course of the last 25 years or more. In some ways she relates things via her experience or sometimes is only telling a story about her experiences with a particular illness. I have inherited some of her traits. Sometimes I don’t fully express an idea or a thought, or appear distracted while telling a story. I get that from her.

One particularly worrisome night she made an off the cuff remark to my dad that “None of the children she has seen that are admitted to the hospital with RSV have survived…” Now Poppi thought his precious granddaughter (who he loves dearly… possibly too much) was going to die. I don’t think he slept at all. Thanksfully my sister (Bekah) resolved this by clarifying the mistake. Any child admitted to the NICU with RSV is in dire straits. If you’re above 18 months old it typically isn’t that bad, usually manifesting like a typical cold or respiratory flu. Poppi was relieved, Nana has promised to be more careful with her anecdotes, and Sophia will be able to read this one day and give Poppi a hug for having worried him so.

]]> By: Adrian http://www.naasen.org/2010/01/31/january-was-not-so-kind/comment-page-1#comment-1021 Adrian Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:39:56 +0000 http://www.naasen.org/?p=958#comment-1021 Yuck! Icky bronchial ickiness! I hope you all get feeling much better soon! Good for you for pushing about Sophia's RSV. Nobody knows your child like you do!! I hope she doesn't have asthma, that's no fun in the long run. Yuck! Icky bronchial ickiness! I hope you all get feeling much better soon! Good for you for pushing about Sophia’s RSV. Nobody knows your child like you do!! I hope she doesn’t have asthma, that’s no fun in the long run.

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