Day 5

Today we were released from the hospital.  What an experience that was!  The doctor that released us made me feel horrible.  She wanted to put Shailyn back on the antibiotic that she is allergic to, and when I refused she got an attitude.  I told her I would be fine with that if we could stay in the hospital but she told me that was an unreasonable request.  I told her I was concerned about taking her home without oxygen as she has had it every night we have been at the hospital, her response was I was over reacting... So frustrating! I realize that she deals with these cases every day, but I don't; and once is enough for me!  Turns out, she did think my concerns were at least somewhat valid because she ordered a chest x-ray to verify there was no fluid in Shailyn's lungs.  The results: no fluid but she has 3 fractured ribs on her left side.  She also wrote on the discharge paperwork that Shailyn has an allergy to the Clindamycin.

Being home tonight has been nice but also stressful, Shailyn is doing well but is on bedrest and in a wheel chair.  She is only allowed to pivot on her left foot long enough to get from bed to the wheel chair.  We go back in a week to the Orthopedic specialty center to check on her hip, pelvis, ribs, back, and any possible sprains.  Because she is bruised so bad from the fall and on bedrest they are not too worried about the sprains.  Hopefully when she is able to put more weight on her legs we will find out more about her back.  She is currently on 8 different medications and they each have their own dosing schedule... After the second medication I decided I need to keep some type of medicine journal to remember when I give her what!  It looks like we will be spending a lot of time in doctor's offices for the next several months, we have follow up appointments with everyone we saw at the hospital and her pediatrician.

Kaysie was so excited we were home and she wanted a little extra Mom time which I didn't mind except Shailyn needs me too right now, so the bottom line is - this is going to be a very hard adjustment on all of us and Kaysie is still in her cast which means she needs extra help too.  Hopefully I can figure all of this out but as for now - It's late and I am beat, I haven't had more than 2-3 hours sleep at a time over the past several days and haven't slept more than 4-5 hours a night.  I will try to get some pictures up tomorrow, Tim is waking up with Shailyn tonight so I can finally get a full nights rest, so as for now I am calling it a night!