I just heard back from Dr. Rodriguez’s office. Bad news. But, not awful. Ryan’s white blood cells are high at 12.5 (normal is below 10.0). This means an infection is brewing. I seem to have caught it early enough to begin treatment at home. Only time will tell.

I just finish giving Ryan a nebulizer treatment and a deep suction session. There are two distinctive things I check when doing this: 1) the color of the mucus, and 2) any detectable foul odor. Although I did capture a fair amount of mucus it was absent of both. A good sign, indeed. It’s another […]

Ryan’s blood was drawn about 15 minutes ago (9:00 AM). We should know the results early this afternoon. Wanting a second opinion, I also had the nurse listen to his lungs. Like me, she felt he was (mostly) clear. So, if it is pneumonia, we caught it way early. Perhaps we even caught this before […]

I’ll have to hold off on putting out the post I referenced yesterday. We have potentially larger issues to deal with today. The past couple of days Ryan’s heart rate is elevated. It’s running about 30 beats per minute higher all the time. He is clearly in some discomfort. Absent a fever, it is a […]

For today, I’m not going to put out a post that says much. I’m in an ire. Also, to me (at least in the past), Sundays are meant to unwind. No sense ruining my day even more and yours right along with me. Anyhow, it’s been bothering me — a lot — since last night […]