Parkers sick February 20, 2010

I just wanted to update everyone on what is happening with our little parker boy. He started to not do too well on Thurs. day. He was very lathargic and very irratable. His breathing was very labored and gasping. his face was swollen and the meds that are supposed to take that away fluid werent working. Cardiology told me to take him in to be assesed by his pediatrtion but he wasnt working and so I took him to emerg. Fri morn. We checked his o2 levels and they were very low, in the 50s and 60s they always want him to be at least above 70%. They poked him at least 10 times and were still unsucessfull at getting an iv started, so we got him on o2 and then got a chest xray and an echo. The echo tec. was very concerned and said he thought that we need to push very hard to go to calgary he looked at an echo that was done 2 months ago and the function of the heart is down considerabley. They sent us to the peds floor they called to have a transport team come and get him and he was on the helicopter an hour and a half later. We rushed up to calgary and when we got there his cardiologist had just finished another xray and echo. So what she said was that his heart is very overly large. His liver and his ateries are also very large. What is happening is that his heart cant keep up with the blood that is coming in his heart and it cant pump it out quick enough so it backs up in to the body and thus the swelling everywhere. So he is now in the pediatric icu and on a new drug. It needs to be monitored so while he's on it he will be in the icu. We will know if it will help his heart in 4-5 days. On a more positive note he is only on 1 L of o2 which is very good, he was on 15L. and he is becoming a little bit more aware and himself. He got to drink some milk today and he loved that but what they are giving him isnt enough in his eyes he just wants more. They need to make sure that his body stays more on the dryer side so that he wont start retaining fluid again. So he is going to have to get a new heart sooner or later. His doc said "not if but when" so we are just going to have to play the waiting game. Thankyou everyone for the prayers and your thoughts. Parks and Jim and I and our family need them now more than ever. We love you and hope we can see you soon. Love Jes and Jim and Parker.