We hoped to be able to avoid hospital for a while but Jessica had another trip back to Wexham Park on Tuesday as her sats were on the low side again when the community nurse visited in the morning. She had been weaned off the salbutamol inhaler a couple of days before but was still a little wheezy and after a couple of puffs of the inhaler, her sats were back up and her chest sounded clear again. We thought we’d avoided a trip to Wexham Park but the doctors decided that they would like her to come in for a review just to be on the safe side.
Thankfully, after a couple of hours on the children’s assessment unit having her sats monitored and her chest listened to, the doctors were happy that the situation was under control and so we were back home again. Jessica has been continuing to have the inhaler two or three times a day and the community nurse is due to visit again on Monday to recheck Jessica’s sats.
On the plus side, she is continuing to gain weight beautifully
and weighed in at 9070g (19lb 15oz) on Tuesday. She has become much more confident with
standing now and is happily taking little side steps around the lounge holding
on to the sofa and any other items of furniture she can pull herself up on!
We have also all been busy rehearsing for our fundraising
concert which takes place at Christ Church next week. Further details of the concert are available
here and tickets are available from the church office, with the proceeds being
donated to Friends of PICU. Michael and
Louise are both performing in the concert as is Grandma, Great-Auntie Marlene
and Jessica’s godfather Bryan, and Grandad is doing the sound so it is a real
family affair.
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