Back and Forth

Back and Forth


Sam is doing well… now. On Wednesday Samuel threw up twice, once at home and once in the cardiologist’s office. We were a bit concerned, told the experts, and kept moving forward.

Thursday was a busy day. Samuel was carted all over town. We went to the pediatrician’s office to get Sam’s weight checked. We mentioned the vomiting. A minute or two after the examination Sam threw up again. The doctor requested a blood draw in the clinic to check the level of the digoxin in his system and a stomach ultrasound at UW to make sure there wasn’t a problem with his digestive tract. The problem with babies and vomiting is that they all do it at some level. Because they all do it, it’s hard to nail down the cause.

Our little guy has become a bit of an aficionado of medical personnel and practices. He doesn’t mind EKGs. Yet, he is not a fan of blood draws. After the blood draw we went home for a time, where he threw up again. Then we headed over to the UW hospitals for his stomach ultrasound. It was a surreal. The last time I was in a room like that Kate was having an ultrasound showing us Sam (though we did not know if he was a boy or girl). Now Sam was on the table having an ultrasound. In case anyone is interested, Sam is not pregnant.

His digestive system is working great. I dropped the 24 hour heart monitor Sam had on for the day in another office in the same building. We didn’t have the blood test results by 5:00 so I headed over to the clinic. Sam’s doctor was calling Katie as I came into his office. Sam’s stomach, metabolism, etc. didn’t like the medicine. He needed to stop taking it and switch over to something else. This meant another 48 hours or more in another hospital with a whole new team for our little guy and another goodbye to the thoroughly confused cats.

So, as I type this we are in UW Children’s Hospital. We checked in Thursday night and at the earliest we will take Sam home on Saturday. It is a beautiful facility with great staff. Sam is off his old medicine and has moved on to a beta blocker. You may have heard the term used in adds for the elderly population with high blood pressure. His vitals were great throughout this. He has had even more blood drawn, but seems to forgive us moments afterward.

He is bright eyed and bushy-tailed on the current dose. They are still “loading” the medicine, so we should have a better feel for how he will handle it after we have reached the full drug density point in his system.

Thank you for the support. Keep the prayers coming…