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Sorry I haven't been around.....Oldest daughter in hospital
My apologies to all of you if I haven't been around often. You see, Monday I took my oldest daughter to the hospital, she was admitted because her thyroid condtion had become critical. Her heartbeat was at 140 beats per minute, her blood pressure was at 175/101 and her thyroid gland was 3 and a half sizes bigger than normal. Doctor told her had she waited any longer, she would have eventually had a fatal heart attack. Right now she is in the critical care unit, but will be moved to a private room since Friday she will be treated with radioactive iodine to destroy her thyroid gland, afterwards she will have to take thyroid hormone replacement medication like her grandmother, aunt and me for the rest of her life.
The condition she has, Grave's disease, is not common but prevalent in women 20-40. The doctors also ran tests on her heart to make sure there was no damage, which except for a slight problem with one of her valves, which can be treated with medication since it was caught early, there was no major damage to her heart. The only thing is if she has to have any kind of surgery, whether medical or dental, she will have to take antibiotics for a week beforehand or she could develop an infection in her heart, since Grave's disease is an autoimmune condition, she will have to watch out that she doesn't get ill.
It will take 2-6 months for her to get back on her feet, so my plans to move up north this summer have been pushed back a year, I won't be attending the Baxter trip since I'm going to need all the extra money I can get.
The only things I see me attending are the Jamboree, since I had promised my little one I'd take her and after that my girls and I will be spending a week in Vermont enjoying the summer weather and letting Jessica get strong again. I probably will be also attending the Cape trip if I can get a hotel room near the campground.
All I ask of my friends here is to keep Jessica and me in your prayers and thoughts, for Jessica to have an effective cure and to get strong again and for myself that I can be strong for Jessica.
The night I came home after she was admitted, I just absorbed all of the information and started crying, especially when I realized how close I came to losing her.
Thanks for letting me tell you what's going on in my life right now and hugs to all of my friends in NEX and EF for being there for me
Love ya all
My apologies to all of you if I haven't been around often. You see, Monday I took my oldest daughter to the hospital, she was admitted because her thyroid condtion had become critical. Her heartbeat was at 140 beats per minute, her blood pressure was at 175/101 and her thyroid gland was 3 and a half sizes bigger than normal. Doctor told her had she waited any longer, she would have eventually had a fatal heart attack. Right now she is in the critical care unit, but will be moved to a private room since Friday she will be treated with radioactive iodine to destroy her thyroid gland, afterwards she will have to take thyroid hormone replacement medication like her grandmother, aunt and me for the rest of her life.
The condition she has, Grave's disease, is not common but prevalent in women 20-40. The doctors also ran tests on her heart to make sure there was no damage, which except for a slight problem with one of her valves, which can be treated with medication since it was caught early, there was no major damage to her heart. The only thing is if she has to have any kind of surgery, whether medical or dental, she will have to take antibiotics for a week beforehand or she could develop an infection in her heart, since Grave's disease is an autoimmune condition, she will have to watch out that she doesn't get ill.
It will take 2-6 months for her to get back on her feet, so my plans to move up north this summer have been pushed back a year, I won't be attending the Baxter trip since I'm going to need all the extra money I can get.
The only things I see me attending are the Jamboree, since I had promised my little one I'd take her and after that my girls and I will be spending a week in Vermont enjoying the summer weather and letting Jessica get strong again. I probably will be also attending the Cape trip if I can get a hotel room near the campground.
All I ask of my friends here is to keep Jessica and me in your prayers and thoughts, for Jessica to have an effective cure and to get strong again and for myself that I can be strong for Jessica.
The night I came home after she was admitted, I just absorbed all of the information and started crying, especially when I realized how close I came to losing her.
Thanks for letting me tell you what's going on in my life right now and hugs to all of my friends in NEX and EF for being there for me
Love ya all
