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!