Wednesday, October 05, 2011

A Narration of Events - Lucas

For those people who were far away and did not hear what happened. Here it is.

Saturday - September 10
  • Early evening, he had fever and threw up his milk
  • Throughout the night he had 6 more vomits
  • It broke our hearts but we could not give him milk even if he asked since his body rejects it
Sunday - September 11
  • We called his pedia and were instructed to rehydrate orally and gave paracetamol for the fever
  • He is able to tolerate a little milk but we think he is not receiving enough so we decided to bring him to the hospital to rehydrate
Monday - September 12
  • Officially got admitted in TMC
  • All the lab results looked viral
  • No more vomits but had excessive watery bowel movements; Just for the a half day, there were around 11 diapers with around 2 linen changes
Tuesday - September 13
  • His feet are cold and he is extremely thirsty
  • The doctors put him on a fast drip, 3rd generation antibiotics and transferred him to the PICU
Wednesday - September 14
  • Doctor told us he had hypovolemic shock yesterday that was resolved. He can still have another shock due to dengue
  • We are now looking at dengue and pneumonia
  • Not much change, still thirsty.
  • He is heavier and bloated due to the fluids in his body.
  • I was able to carry him when we changed his clothes (how i miss hugging my boy!)
  • I went home to see my older son.
  • Around 10pm - 12mn, there were a fury of activities, suctions, nebulization but still Lucas had a hard time breathing and his O2
Thursday - September 15
  • He needed to be intubated
  • Biboy called me and I started praying
  • Around 330 am, Biboy called me to go to the hospital
  • The consultant is on her way as well
  • When I got there, a lot of medical staff are in Luc's cubicle
  • They called the cardio as well
  • Lucas coded for the first time when the cardio came
  • They were able to revive and stabilize him
  • They did a 2D echo
  • They found out that the valves of the heart are leaking and the right side is not pumping well. This is the reason for the low O2 saturation
  • We were told that all the medicines to correct this condition are all being given to Lucas and it would be up to the body to respond
  • Lucas coded for the second time. The doctors explained that they will try to revive for 30 minutes but beyond that, the brain would have been without O2 for a long time.
  • They tried to revive him until the last dose of the meds. They did it for around 40 minutes before they declared his time of death 8:10am
  • They removed all the lines and tubes.
  • We got to carry his lifeless body. It was so heavy.
  • Jesus took our baby two days before his third birthday. Finally freed him from all the pain and suffering.
...I long to depart this life and be with Christ, [for] that is far better. Yet that I remain [in] the flesh is more necessary for your benefit. - Phil 1:23-24

We love you Lucas! We miss you so so much!

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