Jade Update – 10/10/06

Dylan started showing signs of a cold after we let him go to Children’s church the last Sunday, and since then I’ve been trying to keep Jade from getting it, but she’s got it.

(Public Service Announcement: Parents, please don’t bring sick children to church. You just don’t know who might get it – directly or indirectly – and how it might affect them. )

So far it’s just a stuffy/runny nose and crankiness, so I’m hoping that she’ll be better by the end of the week, and I can keep it from getting into her chest or turning into a sinus infection. I’m flushing her nasal passages with saline and using a bulb syringe to keep her cleaned out.

This could possibly delay her surgery if the cold gets worse. We’ll have to play it by ear. I’ll probably stay the course till about Thursday and if she’s not seeming like she’s getting better, I’ll call the doctor and see what she thinks, if she thinks Jade is healthy enough for the surgery, and then let UVA know what she says.

Of course, if she’s too sick for surgery, then that’s how it’s got to be. No sense subjecting her to major surgery if she’s in a weakened state.

So we’ll just see what happens. In the meantime, if you would, please pray that Jade will get over this cold, or whatever it is, quickly, and that it wouldn’t end up being anything more serious, like RSV.