Well what a winter we have had in Iowa so far! First a ton of snow, then ice and now over 1/2 inches of rain in the last 12 hours- so what does this have to do with anything- When the air is cold and damp it triggers asthma attacks- Several times in the last week Lynda has come to either Laurie or I and indicated she needs a breathing treatment. Well the little bugger has been right each time. Her peak flows have been low- so watch your asthma kids closely and listen to them during this time of the year. It seems that the moisture in the air and the cold is a bad combination for our little one.
Lynda and her sister Callie had a birthday parthy for one of Callie's classmates. How excited was Lynda when there was some Lynda safe food at the party. And it was a pool party to boot so a little extra hydration time for her skin as well. They both had a blast from the report I got.
Have a great weekend.
The Taylor's
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
We got to Come Home
Well after a few days in the hospital Lynda got to come home and and to have a PIC line put in to facilitate a portable IV pump. She has been doing pretty good by not using the off hand and watching her tubing to make sure does not pull the pic line out. Dr appt tomorrow to see if we can be done with the anti-botics. Thurs should have the pic line taken out. She has been doing pretty good and she has had to miss two weeks of school.
Looking forward to getting life back to normal.
Have a great week.
The Taylor's
Looking forward to getting life back to normal.
Have a great week.
The Taylor's
Saturday, January 9, 2010
All good things must come to an end......
Well today after a 2 1/2 year hiatus we are back in the hospital. Lynda got an infection that she could not beat so we are back in the hospital for another 10 day stint. She is doing very well, last night was really rough with all the attempts to get her IV in and then once it was in it did not stay- so we had to do it again. She has been a real trooper.
On a real positive note- we are the only folks on the entire peds floor. I see that as a huge blessing that there are not any other kids here. I like empty hospitals!
Callie is not happy since with the H1N1 regulations in the hospitals these days she is not allowed to come up and visit. She told me this morning that her sissy needs here and she needs to go up. What a sweetheart. A special thanks to all our family, church family and friends and they have been a great support. We appreciate all your prayers and assistance. Hoping we can get this knocked out and it is a bump in the road....
Have a great weekend.
God Bless
The Taylor's
On a real positive note- we are the only folks on the entire peds floor. I see that as a huge blessing that there are not any other kids here. I like empty hospitals!
Callie is not happy since with the H1N1 regulations in the hospitals these days she is not allowed to come up and visit. She told me this morning that her sissy needs here and she needs to go up. What a sweetheart. A special thanks to all our family, church family and friends and they have been a great support. We appreciate all your prayers and assistance. Hoping we can get this knocked out and it is a bump in the road....
Have a great weekend.
God Bless
The Taylor's
Friday, January 1, 2010
Welcome to 2010!
Hello all,
I hope you had a very safe New Years Eve. We spent the night with family to make sure we did not have a situation with Lynda. Parties are always an issue with lots of unsafe food, people that do not understand cross contamination etc. We have been blessed this year with Lynda not having any hospital visits in 2009 and we are hoping that we continue this trend into the new year. We were able to skirt the flu for the most part- both the girls had it this fall, but not as badly as we were concerned they would. Now that the temperature has dropped to the below zero on a more regular basis and the wind has kicked up her asthma, we have had a few more breathing treatments.
We are so excited that our local minor league base ball team is expanding their Allergy Free nights to 2 this season- so we will be attending both in support of the Cedar Rapids Kernels! Thanks for all your help Jessica and support the safety of kids with food allergies! We will pass along the dates as soon as they are firmed up.
We are also continuing to lobby for funding so our schools can keep nurses in each school. With the budget cuts across the nation many school districts are going to part time medical professionals and many are are services to they do not have the same person at the school all the time. It is so important that there is consistency when dealing with children with food allergies, if they don't know what the norm is for the child they don't understand when there is a problem. And this is just one medical issue that children could face- we have to consider others such as diabetes etc. Write your legislators to change the laws or provide funding so these positions do not get cut. We are also still pushing for better and more accurate labeling of food, training for school bus drivers etc.
I hope you all have a great 2010 and a very safe 2010. God Bless
The Taylor's
I hope you had a very safe New Years Eve. We spent the night with family to make sure we did not have a situation with Lynda. Parties are always an issue with lots of unsafe food, people that do not understand cross contamination etc. We have been blessed this year with Lynda not having any hospital visits in 2009 and we are hoping that we continue this trend into the new year. We were able to skirt the flu for the most part- both the girls had it this fall, but not as badly as we were concerned they would. Now that the temperature has dropped to the below zero on a more regular basis and the wind has kicked up her asthma, we have had a few more breathing treatments.
We are so excited that our local minor league base ball team is expanding their Allergy Free nights to 2 this season- so we will be attending both in support of the Cedar Rapids Kernels! Thanks for all your help Jessica and support the safety of kids with food allergies! We will pass along the dates as soon as they are firmed up.
We are also continuing to lobby for funding so our schools can keep nurses in each school. With the budget cuts across the nation many school districts are going to part time medical professionals and many are are services to they do not have the same person at the school all the time. It is so important that there is consistency when dealing with children with food allergies, if they don't know what the norm is for the child they don't understand when there is a problem. And this is just one medical issue that children could face- we have to consider others such as diabetes etc. Write your legislators to change the laws or provide funding so these positions do not get cut. We are also still pushing for better and more accurate labeling of food, training for school bus drivers etc.
I hope you all have a great 2010 and a very safe 2010. God Bless
The Taylor's
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