Thank you God for keeping watch over this little miracle child. Major LES going on here right now, but very happy tears!
Thank you Phred for posting these updates.
Thank you God for keeping watch over this little miracle child. Major LES going on here right now, but very happy tears!
Thank you Phred for posting these updates.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand and strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming WOO HOO - What a Ride!
--unknown
Sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see
--Polar Express
Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened.
Prayers continue to be prayed for all. The news sounds very good and I hope it just keeps on getting better by the hour! I know you have too much going on right now, but please keep us updated and let us know if there's ANYTHING you need or we can do for you. I'm on your side!!!!!
FIND A PURPOSE IN LIFE.....BE A BAD EXAMPLE
What great reports!!! I haven't posted in awhile but I have been keeping up with Sammy on the CarePages website. Little one you are always on my mind and in my prayers.
Such wonderful wonderful news! Come on Samantha, we're all still pulling for you and we know you an beat this!
Tubby
Spring 1986 - Dec. 11, 2004
RIP Big Boy
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Peanut
Fall 1988 - Jan. 24, 2007
RIP Snotty Girl
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Robin
Fall 1997 - Oct. 6, 2012
RIP Sweet Monkeyhead Girl
Does anyone else around here feel like going up to Heaven and giving God a great big hug for taking care of Sammy and answering our prayers? I know I do. Yay for Sammy! Keep getting better, sweet child!
I too have been watching the care pages with the updates. I always look at them first. I am glad things are getting better, any improvement is so encouraging. Keep your spirits up, she's going to make it through all this. You are all in my prayers every day.
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Sammy has been in my family's thoughts and prayers. I'm so encouraged by the recent news and could not hold back tears when Jessica wrote about getting to hold her baby girl for the first time in many weeks.
Prayers continue to come from Hawaii for Jessica, Rob, Sammy and their entire extended family.
Many thanks to Roxyluvsme13 & k9krazee for my great new siggy!!
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I hold my breath by reading all that!
It is so good to hear that under these tough and worrying circumstances all indications point in the right direction.
We'll keep our thoughts with you, little Sammy.
June 09, 2005 at 09:37 AM EDT
Sam's dressing change went okay,
and they did an ultrasound of her kidneys;
unfortunately, they didn't see much flow in that area,
but that's pretty much what they suspected at this point.
We'll just have to take it as it comes regarding the kidneys.
Her lungs tested positive for a bacteria called pseudomonas,
which she had before; it's one of those opportunistic ones that
strike when the system's down. She's on antibiotics for it, and
hopefully they can wipe it out.
She was alert for a bit this morning, and I played one of her
favorite toys for her -- the Leapfrog alphabet toy
from Uncle Jerry & Aunt Ginny.
Rehab was in later yesterday, working her arms and hip joints,
and they want to start "whirlpooling" her soon as well.
The doctors are making rounds right now,
so I will find out any other news a bit later. That's it for now.
Thanks,
Jessica
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Prayers that the Lung Bugs go away quickly!!
/s/ Cinder, Smokey & Heidi
R.I.P. ~ Boots, Bowser, Sherman, & Snoopy
June 09, 2005 at 12:10 PM EDT
Another update so soon...
mostly because they are putting a new line in,
and I was booted out of her room.
The new line is because they have to pull one out of her groin area,
so she can start her whirlpool deal--hydrotherapy, in other words.
That's supposed to start tomorrow,
when they are also going to try to switch her from continuous dialysis to the intermittent kind; they're worried that she might not tolerate it, esp. in terms of blood pressure, but in order to start some things necessary for rehab, they want to try and get her off constant dialysis, which gets in the way of everything else.
She's been pretty alert this morning, but they assure me she's as comfortable as possible; I worry about not only pain, but the fear that must be there, too.
One of the kidney docs talked to me briefly about the ultrasound results, and his feelings that things don't look too good in that area. It's likely Sam will be on dialysis for a while.
In better news, the pseudomonas was negative on the last test--
apparently the positive reaction was from when her old tube was in, and she received a new breathing tube the day before yesterday, and so far, that's been clean. They'll retest in another 24 hours, but so far, so good.
Keep the prayers coming, as she has a lot going on the next few days.
Thanks,
Jessica
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Sounds like a Prayer or two for Sammy's Kidneys is in order ...
*DONE*!
Cinder & Smokey offer to keep her company in the Hydro Tub ...
Bowser says he'd rather just *watch*.
/s/ Cinder, Smokey & Heidi
R.I.P. ~ Boots, Bowser, Sherman, & Snoopy
June 10, 2005 at 10:44 AM EDT
Sam is now on her way to the whirlpool;
the actual therapy only lasts 20 minutes or so, but the
prep/transport/unwrap/anesthesia, etc. makes the
whole deal several hours long.
Then they will try the intermittent-type dialysis; lots going on today.
One of the residents just asked me if anyone had talked to me about Sam possibly returning to Shriner's for the long haul; apparently, it's been discussed, which was news to me, so who knows what the story is. It wouldn't be until she was stable enough. The official discussion hasn't taken place yet, but at least we've got a heads-up. Maybe they feel her recovery would be quicker over there, since skin is their specialty.
I'll post more on this development later.
Thanks,
Jessica
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Prayers that the Wrirlpool Therapy *helps*!!
/s/ Cinder, Smokey & Heidi
R.I.P. ~ Boots, Bowser, Sherman, & Snoopy
Still praying for little Sammy!
Prayers and get well wishes for Sammy have never stoped and they will continue until she's back home and well on her way to recovery.
"All men are created equal but none of them is equal to a dog." From the "Howard Huge" cartoon..
June 10, 2005 at 03:31 PM EDT
Sam's had a good day, and surpassed everyone's expectations --
she tolerated both the whirlpool and the dialysis,
which is just wrapping up right now.
She didn't even need the vent during the whirlpool, and
was pretty much breathing on her own.
During the dialysis, her bp only dropped -- very briefly --
once or twice, which really surprised the docs.
All in all, she was a SuperSam!
We talked w/one of the docs again, and she thinks that though Sam could probably go without the vent now as far as her respiratory needs, if they took it out & didn't do the trach, they'd have to keep putting the tube back in & out for every surgery/procedure -- and there will be many surgeries. Keeping her as pain-free as possible is a top priority, so they're thinking a trach would be better all around: her face would be free, and she could be more interactive; and it would be much easier to deal w/in surgery.
So a final decision will be made sometime next week;
if they do the trach, she'll be in ICU at least 5 days after, to make sure it's healed properly. And it does seem like they think Shriner's can do the best job w/the skin, so we're still waiting for the final verdict on that as well.
Right now we're just thankful that today went as well as it did, and we'll deal w/the rest as it comes.
Oh, and they found time at the end of her whirlpool session to wash her hair, and new piggies were put in as soon as she was back in her room. Hopefully she'll rest well tonight after her big day.
Thanks,
Jessica
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WOW!
Quite a list of *accomplishments* for lil Sammy in just one day!!
Let's hope & Pray there are many MORE like this one to come!!
/s/ Cinder, Smokey & Heidi
R.I.P. ~ Boots, Bowser, Sherman, & Snoopy
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