Snow and Eli

As hard as it is to believe, considering we couldn't even drive down our road yesterday due to receiving 16 inches of snow, the roads today are completely clear! Is this weather strange or not?? I'm just glad it has come and gone and next week it is going to be in the 50's. Of course it will all melt and then flood! LOL!!

Well, the doctor is keeping Eli in the hospital one more night. Kate was not thrilled but the doctor had a very good arguement. I mean other than the fact that Eli has RSV which is quite deadly in little children if not treated properly. She of course is worried about money and I fully understand but if she would have taken him home and he relapsed she would have been devastated. The doctor told her it was actually cheaper to let him stay another night because another ER visit would be about $3000 where a nights stay is only about $400. The main reason he wanted him to stay was to continue to give him breathing treatments and those cannot be given at home. At least not this kind.. So it looks like the little guy will be coming home tomorrow instead!

Eli

Well if fighting 16 inches of snow to get to work is not enough, I received a call from my daughter, and my grandson Eli 19 months was taken to the ER by Kate and Alan because he had developed this awful cough. Now Alan had been sick earlier, went to his doctor who told him it was a sinus infection and gave him an antibiotic. Two days later Eli is sick, goes to the doctor who says it is a sinus infection and that it will have to run it's course! Due to the 16 inches of snow, the blizzard conditions and the level three alert they have been in their home for two days and Eli starts with this awful cough and fever. Kate called me this afternoon about 5 PM and the snow had stopped for a while and the streets had finally been plowed so I told her she should take him to the ER just to be on the safe side. Well, he was tested positive for RSV and Croup! He was admitted for 23 hour observation which I told Katie was the best thing for him right now. He will get round the clock care, medication and treatments. I wanted to go up there but she said the streets in town have not been taken care of yet and with the lateness of the hour..midnight..she really didn't want me out and about. So I will reluctantly stay here until morning and then I am on my way out there!!