The swelling in Amy's ankles, feet and hands got progressively worse, extending into her calves and forearms last night and this morning, causing her a lot of pain and discomfort. She doesn't have a history of any swelling like this, and doesn't have any of the conditions normally associated with this type of thing, so it was pretty concerning to us. She was advised by the Urgent Care clinic to go directly to the emergency room. Amy's mom was here at Primary with us and was able to run her to the ER at LDS Hospital while Dave stayed with Triston and Emma. At LDS Hospital, they hooked Amy up to an IV and are currently running a series of tests and X-rays to determine the source the swelling. What we have found out so far is that she is apparently anemic, and is having an adverse reaction to Ibuprofen.
Emma is still doing pretty well, all things considered, although she had a pretty fussy night and morning. Her transition from the ICU to a regular room has been a little rough for Emma, mostly from a pain management perspective. In the PICU, they kept her pretty well knocked out with pain meds most of the time, and up here on the floor, their method is more of a wait and see approach to administering the pain medication. They did give her some morphine finally about an hour ago, which has really helped, and she is sleeping soundly.
Amy's sister came and took Triston a few minutes ago, so that should be fun for him to get away from the hospital for awhile.
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WOW!! The fun just keeps coming!!! Man, I hope Amy starts feeling better. Being Anemic is no fun, I have been there and definatley don't want to go back. I hope Emma starts to feel a little better too, it is kind of stinky when they don't give out the pain meds when she can't tell you if she is in pain or not.
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