March 24, 2002 (Sunday)

Day 29

Today began around 7:30. I got up, took my shower and then got dressed.  Rhonda and I left the Hope Lodge and arrived at the hospital around 9:00. William and Doug were in the room with Jared. They had a pretty good night. They had changed Jared's diapers a few times and but were able to get some sleep.

Rhonda and I went downstairs and ate. We then traded with William and Doug so they could go eat. Dr. Lucas came by and said that Jared's kidneys were having trouble as well as his liver. He also said that everyone would be helping me the next few days.

William and Doug came back from eating and then Doug and Rhonda went to the family room. They came back and said Rhonda was going to stay with me until Friday. She and Doug left for Montgomery to pack.

William and I talked for a bit and then he left. Jared slept for a little while and I napped with him. When he was awake, I talked with him and tried to help him rest. He was pulling on everything. He sometimes used a breathing mask and was pulling on that too. Other than that, the afternoon was quiet. William had told everyone to not let me change any more diapers so April and Brandy did most of that for me.

Rhonda arrived at 5:00. I had asked about her sleeping in the family room tonight. They said that would be okay. I planned on calling the Hope Lodge tomorrow to get a room if available. April gave Jared a sponge bath and I changed his dressing.  Barbie became our nurse at 7:00. She began preparing Jared for medicines, etc. The Academy awards were on the TV.

Jared needed two bags of plasma and two bags of blood. Barbie stayed in the room quite a bit to watch while Jared received the bags. She noticed that he wasn't urinating so asked the doctor if she could give him lasix. He said yes.

Rhonda and I had ordered food so it was soon delivered and we ate. As the night progressed, Jared's breathing became more rattled. His lungs sounded clear but his throat area had a lot of mucus, blood, etc.

Around midnight, Barbie went to get the doctor so he could listen to Jared. He agreed that his lungs sounded good and suggested that Barbie clean out Jared's mouth with the suction tool. She said no because she thought he wanted her to suction down his throat. He did not like her response and then proceeded to do the same thing that she had already done. Barbie told him that she had already done that. He then said they had miscommunicated.

He left soon after and then came back with a smaller suction tube. All through this, Jared's oxygen saturation went up and down from 85 to 95. The doctor tried the smaller suction tube and got quite a bit out but Jared's breathing remained ragged. They tried different breathing masks on Jared until he was finally getting 100% oxygen.

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Barbie looked at me and said that Jared was getting sick. I said yes but he'll get better. The other nurse came in with the doctor. He said they needed to take Jared to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). He called Dr. Lucas and then we waited for a room.

I cried a few times and tried to help when they were suctioning Jared. I called William to tell him. He and Adam soon left to come up.

We went to PICU around 2:45 a.m.. They quickly took Jared back and told us to stay in the waiting area. Later they came out and said they would need to intubate Jared. Dr. Lucas came out and said that Jared's liver and kidneys were both sick. He said Jared may possibly have dialysis to help rid his body of waste.

Angela came down and sat with us for a while. I had called Pastor Lynn earlier and he prayed. It is now 5:30 a.m. I'm still waiting to see Jared. I think I'm in shock.

*Lord, have your way in Jared. He is prepared to meet you, Jesus. Have your way. I pray, Lord, for total recovery. At the beginning of this, I felt that we would have a happy ending. Lord, I choose to hang on to that. Please touch Jared's body and heal him. Keep William and Adam safe and have your way. In Jesus name. Amen.