A Little Scare

On the last entry when I said time for a nap....well that did not quite happen. We received a call from a nurse in the ER stating that the doctor saw something on her chest x-ray that he did not like, and that we needed to return immediately. When we got there we were brought back right away and the doctor came in and let us know she had a pneumothorax on the left side. When they were trying to get her port in on the left side they must have put a small hole in her lung. He said that it can be resolved with high flow oxygen, but some times they need to place a chest tube. Thankfully, when they repeated her chest X-ray they found that it had resolved on it's own and there would be no need for a chest tube. Her pediatrician was called and he wanted to admit her for observation, but after he arrived to examine her, and saw that she was okay, he agreed to let us go home. She did not want to stay in the hospital!!! They say that a lot of kids that have medical problems as children grow up and want to become doctors, but I don't know about Ry. I think she is already done with hospitals and she has only just begun. Now that she has the port and does not have to be stuck and have tape removed all the time it may get better. We shall see!
Also, as we were getting ready to walk out the door to go to the ER we got a surprise visitor. Ryan's Aunt Julie! She stayed with us for about a year and went back to AZ in Dec. So we have not seen her for a while. Ryan and her are very close so it really made Ryan's day to see Julie. She was able to come with us to the ER to keep Ryan company instead of hanging out with mommy...again! She will be here for a couple of days so we look forward to spending some good time together!
It has been a pretty busy week in comparison to previous weeks. Thankfully though all is well now. We have clinic on Tuesday and she will also be getting a lumbar chemo treatment, but I have faith that all will go smoothly with that. I will write again soon to keep everyone updated, and hopefully we won't have any more unexpected trips to the ER. Love to all!!!