If you have followed my tweets on the sidebar for the last 24 hours, you know that we were lucky enough to make another trip to yet another ER with Raegan.
She left Cincy with a supra-pubic catheter in place (goes in between the hip and pubic bone) so that her urethra/bladder could heal completely before it was required to work. It has to be in until the end of August. Last night, as I was laying her down to go to bed, the catheter got caught and was ripped out -- stitch and all.
After a round of frantic phone calls and emails, we headed to the nearest Children's hospital. It was a very traumatic night and I would have never guessed that a Children's hospital would have caused so much distress for all of us. It took them 5 sticks and 4 nurses to finally get an iv site and then two doses of versad to calm her down.
This was after the lovely ER doc came in and tried to stick (ok ... shove) the catheter back through the stoma (opening in her skin where the original cath was). After several minutes of his attempts with Raegan screaming and in pain, we asked him to stop and call the urologist to come in to do it.
They didn't want to call him because it was 3 in the morning ... oh well!
The urologist came and was exceptional ... very kind and gentle with her and after she was sedated (never did go to sleep though), he was able to get the catheter back in place. We returned home sometime around 5 a.m.
Her health issues have been so much more than we expected but God keeps giving us little bits at a time .... I guess He knows I can't handle it all at once!
She, on the other hand, is back to her self ... happy and playing this afternoon like nothing ever happened. God is good ..... all the time....
Margie
13 Precious Comments:
Oh poor Reagan. I get tears just reading about this ordeal. So glad this moment is past!
Glad you guys are back to a little bit of normal. Sounds just awful! Hopefully she will forget about the whole thing.
Lord Blessed you with this precious child for a reason .. obviously because you can handle the rocks in your life's path. Some people are just born to be a Mother , others are accidently by chance given the opportunity to become a Mom ... but then there are a a few like you who have Been Chosen by God to be a Mommie to His most precious children.
Thank you for sharing your story , I may not always comment but I do read and pray when the Little Rocks come along for you .
BLessings to you and yours!!
Hey girl...I was sick last night and today and didn't get to read anything until now. I am so sorry but glad all is well now. I will be praying for you guys tonight.
Hugs.....Missy
Morning guys - so sorry that Rae had to go through that again - it's such a difficult thing....but ya know - sometimes I wonder if stuff like that with our kids isn't harder on us than it is them! And it's OK for you to feel overwhelmed and even a little angry with God sometimes - He can handle it - look at what His Son did in the temple - and He'll be happy to take it from you for a while because He knows it'll help!
Hang tough - keep loving - we'll keep praying!
hugs - aus and co.
That is awful! I am so sorry. Glad she's doing better.
God is good and he shows us everyday if we just look. He brought her into your life because she needed you guys and guess what...you needed her. Her physical needs might seem more than you can handle but you are so right - God doesn't give us any more than we can handle as long as we trust in him.
Give little Reagan a bug hug from me and Little T and a great big sloppy kiss!
Hugs,
Carla
Bless your heart, we had an unexpected trip to Children's this week and ended up staying 2 nights, totally unprepared. It hurts to see our sweet babies in pain. I'm praying Reagan continues to heal and everything goes well the over the next several weeks.
Tina
What an ordeal poor Reagan she is one tough cookie. You all have been through so much and will be on the other side of all of this soon. It is so hard when you are in the mist of it all. So glad Dr L was there for you through it all he ROCKS.
I'm so sorry, Margie, I had no idea. This is why I hate being so far away. I love you and am thinking about you. Hang in there, mama!
DeeDee
Isn't it so true that God knows we can't handle it all at once so he gives us bits and bits at a time, although they seem like huge amounts to us, looking back they are but pieces...pieces that make up our whole puzzle that we call life. I am praying for y'all, and please remember us;) cousin Katie
Sweet baby! I'm so sorry to hear about her trials. I hope she is feeling back to normal soon!!
Poor Reagan!! I have a hard time just reading what you all went through!! So glad it is over and you are back home. Hope all is still going well!!!
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