Loopy Loo

Samantha came down with the nasty respiratory flu Richard and I had, it had been over a week that we were sick and we were hoping she would not get it. Wishful thinking! Samantha almost ended up in ICU, she was up to two liters of oxygen! She was put on antibiotics to prevent lung infection, Prednisone and had both her inhalers switched to “hospital grade”, so her doctor called it. Her body temperature dropped instead of increased and she has been out of breath for days. It was very scary. For a moment I thought she would end up back in ICU on the ventilator. Thank god we are on the other side of this now. She is still receiving her meds but she is no longer on oxygen and seems to have her energy back!

She seems to be doing well developmentally, she still requires speech and physical therapy but I am being told she is pretty much at age appropriate levels. She now rides her bike all by her self and she is super excited about it!

I have been researching the possibility that Samantha may have a mild form of Cerebral Palsy. Surprisingly I am handling the thought well, I have always had feeling she would be diagnosed. On that note, I will be so incredibly happy to hear that she does not have it and her remaining delays are just prematurity lingering.