Thanks to all of you for keeping good thoughts and prayers going for her!!
New Info (I check her site daily for anything new): http://members.cox.net/hannahandq/
February 2nd - Happy Heart Attack? (Note: forgive the inconsistency of the updates, there is not internet access from the hospital)
Today the doctor waited for the final blood test before deeming Hannah home-ready. Boy, was she ever ready to come home! Her calcium levels looked acceptable. The doctor gave us some paperwork ordering future blood work and such. We were outta there, almost. Hannah hopped out of bed and began to change and pack. Just then the doctor came back into the room. He wanted to listen to her heart. He said it showed to be quite rapid at the telemetry desk monitor. We told him that she was simply very excited to be going home. He had us walk the hallways while he watched the monitor. Before we finished our first lap, the nurse chased us down with an EKG and an oxygen finger monitor thing. There, in the hallway, Hannah was readmitted and sent promptly back to bed. Every time Hannah got out of bed for the past few days, the nursing staff would come in and see if she was okay. That should have been an indicator I suppose. I thought they were really sharp to notice that her pulse rate went up 10 or 20 BPM. I found that their attentions were alerted by an alarm on the telemetry monitor. It turned out that every time she got out of bed her pulse was jumping to 150 plus. In came a pediatric internist, more labs, notification of the pediatric endocrinologist, and Dad was sent out to get Mom and some Chinese Food. The belief now is Hannah's Thyroid hormone levels are too high. They will wean her down and try to stabilize her. We hope she is discharged on Sunday. The doctor assured me, once again, that Hannah's is a peculiar case. She continues to be the 1% instead of the 99%.
January 31st - Back in the Hospital Again
Hannah was so lethargic today! Fortunatley she had a doctor's appointment. A blood test showed a calcium level rather higher then normal. We suspect that the vitamin D content of two of the medicines cause a spike in the calcium levels. It is agreed that Hannah is an unusual case. Room 430 - Pomerado Hospital, Poway, CA