I guess having a birthday wasn't enough for William -- he wanted some extra attention this week.
For those who don't know, William had an emergency on Thursday and had to be rushed from school to the hospital. The initial cause of his problem is still uncertain but our understanding is, at school, he began experiencing minor respiratory difficulties that suddenly escalated to severe. EMS was called to the school, they took him to Arlington Memorial (which is basically across the street from the school), and from there he was transferred to Cook Children's PICU, where he is now. He was intubated on Thursday and then extubated Friday morning. Unfortunately, he had to be reintubated Friday evening when his left lung collapsed. This morning, the left lung is already looking better. At this point, William is stable, and it's just a matter of letting his lungs rest and giving him treatments for a couple of days before determining when to take him back off the vent again.
We will update you when we can as things progress.
Thanks.
No comments:
Post a Comment