Thursday, March 12, 2009

Mary in PICU

Mary went into severe respiratory distress yesterday morning, Kate and our nurse, Donna worked on her at the house for about 45 minutes but just couldn't keep her heart rate and saturations up, so they called the ambulance. There was a scary ride to the ER, thinking they might have to intubate her on the way. But luckily we didn't have to intubate her and we were able to wean her off oxygen and onto her Bipap. Her right lung is completely clouded with pneumonia. We have been doing treatments every 2 hours through the night and all day long, which is a little draining on Mary and on us, but very necessary.
Mary is doing much better this morning and her spirits are good. Last night she kept saying, "can I go home, please dada please..." It was so sad.
Anyway, we are hoping to not be here too long. Please keep her in your prayers!

9 comments:

princessmadiro said...

Praying for Mary! Give her a hug! Tell her not to be scared.
Love, Madison

Sky said...

Sending all of you lots of prayers, I hope she can beat this soon and be home with everyone fast. Hugs Sheila and Sky

Chelsea Marshall said...

Our family will be praying for yours! I have a 9 month old son with SMA. Ifound you through the Strong family.
Chelsea Marshall & family

Anonymous said...

Ryan and family, I can't remember who gave me Mary's blog site but I have been following it for quite some time. What a wonderful family you have and what an excellent job you and your lovely wife do for your kids!! Know that Mary is in my prayers and thoughts. Hope she gets home soon! Take Care,
Melissa (Paluch) Wendorff

jenandbrad said...

Thnking of you - and praying for you!! Love, Kylie, Neela, Brad & Jen

Amber said...

Please know that your family is in our thoughts and prayers. Kisses and hugs to Mary for a speedy recovery!!

The Healy Family

Holly said...

We are keeping Mary and your family in our thoughts and prayers through this tough time and always!
Love, Chris and Holly

Grandma Julie said...

Praying for God's love to completely suround all of you, to fill Mary with healing and wholeness. Thanking God for all who work with Mary and all of the little children. Hope you can all get home and rest.Love Grandma and Grandpa N

Jan said...

You are always in our prayers but we will make a special appeal for a quick recovery so that Mary can go back home as soon as possible.
Thank you for keeping us posted, we will checking in to see how she's doing.
Love, Jan & the whitcher family