10 months & 17 days... Have we passed the lowest dip yet?

Whenever Sami is sick and eats poorly, we ask ourselves if we have passed the lowest dip, and that we will start seeing some improvements. It's probably similar to the economist wondering if the economy has passed its lowest dip yet.

Last week since Thursday, we have had to use our puke container quite often to catch Sami's vomit. We had been to the GP's office first who sent us for an urgent appointment at the pediatrician's in the hospital. There they did x-ray her lungs to rule out pneumonia, though they did see quite some mucus in her lungs. So they prescribed us with antibiotics which hopefully will help her recover and be ready for the small surgery scheduled on following Monday.



















The first two dosages went in alright, but then after that it was back to vomiting and diarrhea. We had a hard time keeping anything in her, so back to urgent care in the hospital on Saturday. We were told that we did a great job in keeping her hydrated and that we should just continue what we were doing.


So Sami was on bread and Oral Rehydration Solution water diet, and we were so glad Monday morning finally came. Because of her state, initially the doctors were doubting whether to go ahead with the procedure of removing her nose tonsils and puncturing her ears. But luckily, after a quick check on her lungs, they decided to go ahead even though she still has got bronchiolitis but they are hoping she will recover after this small surgery. I'd to hold her arms tight when they were putting her to sleep. She was crying still a bit when she was falling asleep from the anesthetic, so that was heartbreaking to see. At the hospital, they had a pedelogist to accompany the parent going into the operation room. She kept her hand on my back, which was nice. Back some 7-8 years ago when my son went through the same procedure, they didn't have that. What they also didn't have was putting an IV, and they had to make 5 attempts to put that in for Sami.





Sami was the second child that went through the same procedure as other 8-9 kids. They worked on them according to their age, so the baby before Sami was just 1-2 weeks younger than her. While waiting for Sami out there in the recovery room, I saw that little baby girl struggling to breathe and was in major distress when waking up. That scared me a bit as initially recalling how it was with Julian, it was easy with him. He only screamed for some 30 mins and then in the afternoon on the same day he was playing football in the garden.

Finally, they brought her out, and they put an oxygen mask on her. She was on her side, and slowly waking up and crying a bit. Then I picked her up, held her in my arms where she slept further. When she woke up slightly, I let drank some water which she took in well. She kept on kicking the heart rate meter off her toe. After a while, we were allowed to move onto another room where papa was waiting for us. She slept further while another boy of 3 years old was crying heavily after waking up from the same surgery.



After we were allowed to go home, she managed to eat some bread and drink some water. She slept quite a lot, and even her brother couldn't get her to smile. It was sad to see. She was like a little granny in her rocking chair falling asleep in front of the television.

We really hope that she will recover soon, and she will start enjoy food, and most of all, her childhood more. We know putting in perspective, we are already lucky to have a girl like her without any terminal illness, but no parents would like to see their child suffer from any pain or discomfort.