After trying to come to terms with the death of our gorgeous little friend Eida, Kallan fell ill,very ill.As you'll all be aware i missed updating Kal's blog yesterday.Late yesterday evening Kallan got a temperature and i quickly took him up to hospital where he was checked into the emergency department.His temperature had dropped a little until they accessed his lines.Kallan had what they call a septic shower meaning that when they flushed his line Kal got a big dose of the infection straight into his blood.He went into shock and his heart rate sky rocketed to over 180 and his blood pressure dropped considerably.To say i was scared would be the understatement of the century.Throughout the day Kal continue to have trouble with his blood pressure to the point where he was transferred to the intensive care unit.Kal became extremely worried(as did i)but we were assured from the ICU doctors that it was only because he needed a medication that can only be administered at ICU.This medication it's hoped will control his blood pressure while a course of antibiotics will attack the infection.Once the infection is controlled his blood pressure should return to normal.
The good news is that Kal is looking and feeling much better and his blood pressure responded immediately to the medication with the doctors now reducing the dosage.They fiddled with the dosage for a little while to try and find just the right amount.He's settled well now and we're all so relieved.It's been such an emotional few days and i would say easily the hardest couple of days of our time here.I hope and prey that the worst has now passed and the doctors are confident that he'll be well enough to return to the ward by tomorrow.At this stage I'm unsure as to how long he'll be receiving antibiotics but the nurse has said it'll be for at least another 7 days.
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Oh my goodness... did my blood pressure just rise in reading that first paragraph, what a shock to the system, literally for poor Kal. All so quickly too which was frightening. I am so glad things seem to be going better and that he has responded so well to treatment. Phew is all I can say!! What a draining few days, physically and emotionally. We just love you to bits and hope all is on the mend and well with Kal.
Love you. Kathryn.xx.
What a fright! Thankfully the meds are doing their job. What an awful few days for you. Thinking of you - love Karen, Mark, Isaac & Saskia XXXX
Dear Kal, Sorry to hear that you had to be put in hosiptal. So glad that the medicine is doing its job now. What an awful few days for all of you. Thinking of you all hopefully we can come and visit when the time is right. Samuel is anxious to come down and see you but i told him he will have to be patient.Samuel patient ha ha ha.Matthew says hi. From The Procters. Hey Kal what a great win by those tigers against those bunnies. Those gay knights are playing in melbourne this weekend go melbourne.
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