Back in hospital
We took Aria back to hospital today. Â Her cold finally got the better of her and us and we didn’t feel comfortable having her at home. Â Strangely enough they actually called us in on Monday night. Â We went in for three hours, did bloods and left. Â But today she has a fever, had a really bad night sleep and was very sleepy and grumpy in the morning.
Her white blood count is really really low.  Normally we have the opposite problem, it is normally high because of infection and we try to bring it down.  Her platelets and other bone marrow markers are low too.  She has a sinus infection diagnosed from xrays.  Her chest xray looks good though.  The Infectious Disease team sent off a bunch of tests and we are hoping for something positive to explain the low white count, likely a virus.  Last time this happened she just had the common cold virus but that time she tanked and was on pressors in the PICU.
Anyway, she is looking better this afternoon and was racing around the place. Â She had to go down for xrays and they took lots of pictures because it was tricky to get her sinuses at the right angle. Â She did awesome and at the end got 3 stickers. Â She yelled ‘thanks’ to the xray staff, as we left, who thought she was pretty cute. Â Aria thought 3 stickers was totally worth the hassle of all the photos.
Good news was that we were able to advance again on feeds, she is at 80mls an hour and goal is 90. Â Nearly back on full feeds!!
Hamish and I are quite tired from the constant bad nights but otherwise we are doing well.  Asher has decided to become quite the people person at hospital and around the apartment.  He say ‘Hi!’ to everyone.  Today he started talking to this grandfather who had brought ballons for his granddaughter in hospital.  Asher told him that he liked balloons too.  It was pretty funny.
Anyway better sign off and get an early night.
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# 30 Mar at 9:28 pm
Do hope you can catch up on a little sleep. It must seem like a roller coaster ride to you these days. Thankful that Aria is still making progress with her feeds. Bug hugs to you all.Our love and prayers
# 31 Mar at 12:45 am
Miss Aria does keep you on your toes but her strength of character and survivor instinct is amazing to read about. Broken sleep is hard when it is happening often. Hope you get some more rest soon. Kia kaha. Xxxx
# 31 Mar at 10:29 am
Praying that this may be a short trip back to hospital and good to hear the feeds keep going up – wonderful to celebrate small but constant progress.
In Christ
Tony
# 31 Mar at 8:01 pm
They say the Bumps are what we climb on so Aria has lots of those. She just keeps climbing right back up.What a little trooper. Praying for rest and sleep for you all.
# 31 Mar at 8:55 pm
Hope you get a good sleep tonight. Pull the cosy blanket of God’s peace over you, and relax.
# 31 Mar at 8:57 pm
What a gal! Princess Aria must continually amaze the staff there and the parents as well! And little Asher has his important mission field in there too! Great! Hope you get the rest you need and that Aria continues to defy the odds-well this world’s odds!
God bless you all – love, Jeannie
# 1 Apr at 12:13 am
She is amazing! And so is her lil bro! Amazing how they can bounce back and yet you feel like crap! Hope you guys can catch up on some sleep soon, Just having some less tired days will be so awesome!
# 1 Apr at 1:18 am
May you have peace and rest tonight and always, love to Aria and Asher God bless you all to continue in His best answers and best progress amen.
# 1 Apr at 1:55 am
Praying for some good sleep for you and Hamish and more answers for Aria’s health problems. Blessings, Judy.
# 1 Apr at 12:57 pm
I hope Aria is feeling better, and back out of the hospital soon! I also hope you can catch up on some sleep! It’s hard for anyone to be sick, but it’s even harder for kids. really hope Aria will feel better soon! That is funny about Asher. 🙂 God Bless!
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