Hayden is going on about 7 weeks with this cold that isn’t getting better. Tuesday’s Day Treatment evaluation showed him working hard to breath. Dr. DeSantes had Hayden admitted  right away and ordered chest x-rays and a virul swab test to be done asap. We were upstairs without receiving IVIG an hour later. They didn’t want to give him a $18,000 treatment if it wouldn’t be effective if he has Pnemonia. We later found the chest x-rays to show no Phenomia and he got the IVIG later that night.

Rick brought clothes for Hayden and I for the night, since we couldn’t leave. Every 4 hours Hayden receives a Nebulizer treatment, on going fluids and continuous pulse-ox to monitor his oxygen intake. He is doing really well and has shown improvement in his breathing since the repeated nebs.

I had his walker with me for day treatment so he has the ability to tool around just as long as his lines follow after him. He gets a kick out of throwing things behind the couch and watches for the helicopter to pass our room through the window. We should be released from the hospital by Thursday if all keeps going well. As usual the swab test results won’t be back until prob. Friday so he continues to be in isolation for virus and BMT issues.

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