This round of IVIG went so much better! Owen has been such a rock star through the entire process the past six weeks. I seriously couldn't be prouder. I taught him how to use his bed remote to call the nurse if he needed to while I ran to grab food and he said.. "see ya.. I'm fine". I came back from grabbing breakfast in the cafeteria this morning and Owen says "I met my new nurse... she is really pretty.. do you want to meet her?" I said sure... thinking she'll come back in a minute. Owen immediately pressed the nurse call button and she came running in. "Owen says.. see mom.. told ya she was pretty." She was flattered and forgave him for pushing the nurse call button over and over again.
We finished up the IVIG around 11:30 and went to draw his post infusion labs and his IV wouldn't draw blood. Ugh. We decided to let the blood drip into the red topped tube but it didn't work, then we pulled the iv and blood was everywhere! We got enough blood to fill up 15ccs of labs and we were outta there!
We grabbed a little lunch with Daddy and now we are all snuggled up in bed trying to rest up a little. There is never any rest in the hospital.. especially in the ICU setting.
Glad we get a little break before the next infusion... I believe if his labs come back good, we can wait a month. We go to Stanford again next week for clinic. As of today.. Owen has been listed on the transplant list for FOUR WEEKS!!! Time is flying by.
2 comments:
Bless him!! Does he just do a regular iv site? Will he ever have to get a port? My daughter has a port for her IV antibiotics. She is currently finishing up 3 weeks of 2 different ones.
Sweet Owen. Oh my how I giggled about the nurse and the call button. Silly boy! I am soooo glad that things went well. Praying the labs come back great so he (and you) can have a break. Enjoy those snuggles at home!
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