July 11, 2011

  Today we got a taste of what our lives might be like for the next two and half years.  We wound up at Primary Children’s ER last night until about 3:00 a.m.  Then back up for work today at 6:30 a.m. You know, I have never been a coffee drinker but I drank three cups today. 

  About 8:00 p.m. last night, Haley started to feel a tightening in her chest and was having difficulty breathing. At 9:30 p.m. when her symptoms worsened, we called the on call Oncologist at Primary’s who said “bring her in”.  So that’s what we did.  After chest x-rays and an EKG, they discovered she has some type of air pocket in the muscle in her throat or chest area.  There is a very big name for this and I was too tired last night to remember what it is called . . . but it common in asthma patients because it can be caused from heavy coughing or vomiting.  Since Haley has done neither of these things, we are instructed to bring her back if it gets worse.  It should dissipate over time.  I guess life could be worse . . . masses could have been forming around her lungs, so we are thankful it is not that.  I suppose there is always something to be thankful for!