Thursday, September 14, 2006
The Worst 24 Hours of My Life....
My son Toby went from this (near left) to this...(far left) in less than 15 hours....
Well I have had a few of those - in the main, related to Toby's primary immune deficiency and his various illnesses over the past few years...but Tuesday, September 12/Wednesday, September 13, 2006 pips at the post.
Went in for a bog standard adenoidectomy + sinus washout, due to the omniscient green snot which has been emanating from his nose for 4 months, thought we would be out in 5 hours....NOT....
He haemmhoraged after the first op.
Rushed back into surgery at 6 p.m.
In recovery by 8:30 p.m.
Haemmorhaged again. Rushed up to Princess Margaret Hospital for Children by ambulance at 10 p.m. (we had the operation in a private hospital initially).
Back into surgery by 12:30 a.m. after rousing several specialists out of their beds.
In the Paediatric ICU by 2:00 a.m.
He has lost quite a bit of blood, but not enough to warrant a transfusion. Has been tested for clotting disorders which have all come up negative.
He will be back in surgery today at 1:30 p.m. to remove the nasal plug which has for 2 days been stopping the bleeding (in theory anyway, as he has had "ooze" - so scientific - for 2 days now).
More later.
# posted by Heidi : 8:37 PM
