We praise and give thanks to God that Sarah is out of the hospital!!! She was able to get out around 11 a.m. this morning. She is doing great! I went to English church yesterday so I could attend church. Toby stayed with Sarah. When I got back,he went to church in Penitas. Anyways, while I was gone her lungs majorly cleared up. After each nebulizations, we were doing a therapy where you pound on the back to drain the mucus in the lung. I think it really helped.
She had an appointment with her pneumologist today after she got out of the hospital (the pedriatrician discharged her but that meant the pneumologist couldn't give his prescriptions). When we got home from that we found there was no electricity. It was so humid we could barely see. Our generator can't run the dehumidifiers with everything else so we decided to play it safe. We are staying in a hotel. The doctor said that Sarah doesn't have to be on bed rest but she does need to remain quiet and not be really active. That should be interesting after being in the hospital for a week and her having to stay in bed. Her appetite is improving(thanks for your prayers!) and she is enjoying various foods but her stomach has shrunk so she is eating very little. I guess we will give her several little meals to build back her appetite. For the next two weeks, she will still be heavily treated with nebulizations and antibiotics so we still need your prayers,
May God bless you all,
Toby and Amy Hill
Sarah had an extremely bad night. I was in tears and absolutely terrified. There was times I thought she had stopped breathing. The doctor in charge of her case called in a pneumonologist and he just left. He was very encouraging. He said probably what happened was that she had a huge mucus plug blocking her main airway at times. We are going to be doing things to loosen up that mucus. Sarah has been depressed again but when I told her what the doctor said she was very excited about doing the pounding on her back to get the mucus out(and her spitting it out which has been the problem) if that meant she could get out of the hospital. He felt that she will probably be in the hospital til Monday or Tuesday but that she should have no more crises like last night. He will be making some recommendations on her treatment plan but things she will be doing great with further treatment. Thank you so much for her prayers. Words can not express our grat
Love,
Toby and Amy Hill
Sarah is doing better but still has significant wheezing and crackles. This is with antibiotics three times a day, solumedrol three times a day and nebulizations now every 4 hours, it was every 3 hours. Her IV fell out for the second time just a few minutes ago. The first time they put it in they dug around to get the vein. It took a half hour. So having the IV put in two more time has been very difficult. It is amazing it fell out again since Sarah is almost obsessive about her IV and making sure everything is ok. She has done an excellent job being extremely careful with it. Please pray that it stays in until she is discharged. Please also pray that she will get her appetite back. She has hardly eaten in a week. She is not hungry for anything. If she wants anything to eat we run to get it. This morning she wanted chocolate chip cookies. I ran home for the first time. I made the cookies and then let the maid bake them. I went and saw 20 patients. Ran home to get the cookies and pick up more essentials. By the time, I returned she didnīt want cookies. Also pray that she would be able to get lots of peaceful rest. She has been so sick that she was afraid to go to sleep. It has been extremely humid here more so in the mountain. We are suppose to have 2 to 3 days of rain. The doctor said she might be discharged tomorrow but I am really concerned for her to be discharged while she is receiving mega dosis of medicine and still have pronounced wheezing and crackles especially with the high humidity. I am concerned what will happen once she leaves her medicine and air conditioning and steps out into the humidity. Please pray for wisdom for the Dr. Hawitt as he is swamped with work and for his decisions with Sarah. He is a suburb doctor but the humidity in the mountain is so much worse than the city. Pray also that I can get some rest. I am staying with Sarah since I am comfortable around all the medical stuff. I was home maybe 3 hours. When I talked to Toby and Sarah it was urgent that I get back since her IV fell out. We appreciate your prayers and encouragement. They are definitely needed as life is extremely stressful right now.
God bless,
Amy Hill
Amy asked if I would send an email to their friends letting them know their little Sarah is in Cemesa Hospital in San Pedro Sula with pneumonia. She was admitted late last night and the pediatrician said the earliest she would be dismissed would be this Saturday as she isn't responding as positively as they would like to the IV medications.
We would be grateful for your prayers for Sarah and the family.
With appreciation,
Linda Weaver (Amy's mother)