Ryan’s Vitals are Solid It seems I always jinx myself, but I’m so happy that Ryan’s vital signs are staying consistently “normal”. In fact, his body temperature has been hovering around 98.6 degrees for some time now. As you might recall, his baseline use to be 97.5 degrees. I say “baseline” because he would swing…
I’m sorry for not getting a post out on the information presented on the IBRF call yesterday. Truth is, I’m still trying to process it and put it into terms I can understand. I really hope to have this accomplished sometime today. It’s very technical! For the second day in a row, Ryan had a…
Out of nowhere, Ryan became extremely agitated. Well, not exactly “out of nowhere”, as he had a restless night. His temperature overnight moved around a lot, but never exceeded 101.0 degrees. He seemed to have calmed after he was dressed and up for the day. Then, about an hour or so later he suddenly began…
It’s been several months since the last event, but Ryan’s core body temperature dropped unexpectedly yesterday evening. So low, in fact, that digital thermometers were not registering. Ryan’s pulse was in the mid-40’s. We situated him next to the fireplace and his sister, Kari, rotated dryer-warmed blankets on him for several hours. We had him…