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BDx13 - 9-3-2008 at 02:32 PM

yo.
sorry i haven't been around.
my one year old has been in the hospital since saturday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_disease
might be going home on friday.

hope youz are doin well.
more people need to join the fantasy football league - i wann see that happen!

-BD-

Discipline - 9-3-2008 at 02:41 PM

Hope all is well.

bystanderfanzine.com - 9-3-2008 at 02:46 PM

jesus, hope everything works out for the better.

Do a baseball one next season and I am down.

XHonusWagnerX - 9-3-2008 at 02:58 PM

hope your daughter goes home soon... take care & give her our best!

DAK - 9-3-2008 at 03:28 PM

Hope everything Ok.

Dave - 9-3-2008 at 03:36 PM

don't mind us, I hope your daughter is doing better.

newbreedbrian - 9-3-2008 at 03:47 PM

wow, hope all is well d. you guys have logged enough hospital time

franklo - 9-3-2008 at 03:53 PM

Dam. D,hope little guy is ok.Call or send me a email and
let me know the deal.One-luv,-Frank

Furly - 9-3-2008 at 04:20 PM

Best of luck with everything BD!

and don't you worry about us kids, we're behaving just fine.

Spoiler - 9-3-2008 at 04:21 PM

I hope your little one is gonna be ok BD.

Siczine.com - 9-3-2008 at 04:56 PM

Sorry to hear BD. I wish you and the little one all the best.

Voodoobillyman - 9-3-2008 at 05:04 PM

Stuff like this scares me to death, I hope all is well.

jonnynewbreed - 9-3-2008 at 06:24 PM

I'm thinking good thoughts Duane. You've got the THORP army fighting behind you.

moron - 9-3-2008 at 06:25 PM

I've heard of Kawasaki disease once before. I think the scariest part of it is that it's not really understood very well. After reading that link it sounds like if it's caught at the right time you'll be ok.

Good luck! Great to have you back.

JawnDiablo - 9-3-2008 at 07:35 PM

Hope all is well BD, good to have you back big guy

clevohardcore - 9-3-2008 at 07:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bystanderfanzine.com
jesus, hope everything works out for the better.

Do a baseball one next season and I am down.








^^^^^^^ We'll do as long as the FOOTBALL one does well. Baseball league are kick ass.

clevohardcore - 9-3-2008 at 07:53 PM

BD. Dude, I hope everything is better for your baby now than over the weekend. That really sounds scary. Did they figure that out when you were admitted or was this defined before you went in?

upyerbum - 9-3-2008 at 08:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Dave
don't mind us, I hope your daughter is doing better.

CR83 - 9-3-2008 at 08:25 PM

Spoke with the Big Guy tonight. Little man is making progress.

Get well soon xLBDx

xChino_Martinezx - 9-3-2008 at 08:32 PM

Hope your baby gets better soon, Duane... take care, our best thoughs and all of us are with you and your baby!

DaveMoral - 9-3-2008 at 08:58 PM

Keep us updated on the little man Big D. God bless.

tireironsaint - 9-3-2008 at 09:44 PM

I'm hoping for the best BD, take care.

thedog - 9-3-2008 at 10:31 PM

Get Well Soon BD Jr.

THORP - 9-4-2008 at 04:31 PM

BD - call me with an update when you get a breather. Praying for you bro

-THORP

Six66Mike - 9-5-2008 at 08:05 AM

Hope all is well man, that's some crazy shit that nobody needs to go through.

BDx13 - 9-6-2008 at 12:23 AM

all -

thanks for the kind words, calls, texts and emails. the bd family appreciates you keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. we are happy to share that kiddo is now home and feeling quite a bit better.

to clarify, it was our 17 month old son who was in the hospital. i guess he didn't want his sister (now four) to get all the sympathy for that three month hospital stay she had.

the scary thing about kawasaki is that it presents like a dozen other much more common things that a kid could have - like common cold, pink eye, measles, strep throat - so often, docs waste precious time treating these other conditions. if kawasaki isn't treated within ten days, the likelihood of it causing damage to the heart increases significantly.

here's how it went down...
monday - little cough
tuesday - cough and runny nose
wednesday - cough, heavy chest & nasal congestion + 102 fever. first trip to pediatrician. relief = children's tylenol.
thursday - above + 103 fever + glands so swollen he couldn't move his head. second trip to peds. more tylenol.
friday - fever hits 104. third trip to peds cause tylenol no longer working. move to children's motrin.
saturday - fever pushing 105, covered in rash, blood shot eyes. still can't move his head, still with the nasty cough. by this point, the last proper meal and good night sleep were had on tuesday. he looked like he was high on heroin (nodding out with eyes half open and unfocused) and was practically too hot to hold (we did, of course, but we'd sweat the whole time.) back to the pediatrician. the rash and the eyes were the missing symptoms to diagnose kawasaki, so at this point, they admit him to the hospital.


he wound up staying in the hospital from last saturday until today, so a full week. the primary treatment for kawasaki is an IV of blood proteins, which takes about eight hours to deliver. that, plus a high does of aspirin for the duration of his stay. he appeared greatly improved by sunday, but he couldn't shake the fever, which stayed around 101. this past wednesday, it spiked back up to 105, so they gave the blood protein IVIG a second time and that seemed to do the trick. another 48 hours of monitoring and delivering the aspirin and they finally released him.

he had an echocardiogram and an electrocardiogram at the hospital to make sure there was no damage to his heart (there wasn't), but he'll have to followup with a cardiologist several times over the next year to ensure that nothing develops as a result of the disease.

so old boy came home today and is doing much better. a little cranky and a little weak, but he'll be back to his old self soon enough. crazy thing is you could tell he was happy to be home. big smile on his face as we walked to the front door, running over to his favorite toys. had a big ol' dinner of chicken nuggets and yogurt, followed by a bubble bath to wash all the hospital off of him and is sleeping like a champ as i type.

-bd-




tireironsaint - 9-6-2008 at 12:39 AM

Glad to hear you guys are back home safe and sound, still holding onto thoughts that nothing else comes of this.

defstarsteve - 9-6-2008 at 12:47 AM

Glad he is doing well man.

xChino_Martinezx - 9-6-2008 at 01:49 AM

oh, man, couldn't be happier for this great news... this just made my day... we'll keep our prayers for everything to keep getting even better and better for your son, Duane! :thumbup:

XHonusWagnerX - 9-6-2008 at 08:24 AM

awesome.... very very glad to hear it!

Whats the thing on his arm in the picture?

BDx13 - 9-6-2008 at 08:40 AM

they call that a 'no no'.
after they placed the iv in his top of his hand, they put a splint on the inside of his hand, wrist and forearm.
that was wrapped in gauze, then the gauze was wrapped in the no no.
it's basically a fabric lined piece of plastic that is held shut with velcro straps.
it's to keep the kids from tearing out their iv.


homie was up at 6:30 this morning, alternating his calls for ma-ma and da-da.
for breakfast, he tore through two waffles and two cups of milk.
currently, he's downstairs stomping his sister's domino bridge.
yup, things are just about back to normal here!

Spoiler - 9-6-2008 at 10:11 AM

"he's downstairs stomping his sister's domino bridge"....haha...that made me laugh.Good to hear he's back to normal and doing well.

moron - 9-6-2008 at 10:43 AM

Holy shit! He's huge! Last (and first) time I saw him he was a little infant. Good looking fella too.

Glad to hear he's doing better. That shit is scary. Reading that kinda makes me think of what my parents went through with me, but it was more drawn out and not as intense. Wow. I'm happy for you that he's back home.

upyerbum - 9-6-2008 at 11:09 AM

It was so good to log on and see this. Good to hear he's up and about and trashing his sisters stuff (that's what older sisters are for, just ask mine). He had a lot of people pulling for him.

franklo - 9-6-2008 at 11:31 AM

Good to hear hes doing well.I know your ready for a few beers!Baby boy looks healthy in the pics.I sure you and your wifes
stress levels went thru the roof.So happy hes home....-Frank:thumbup:

DAK - 9-6-2008 at 12:06 PM

Glad to hear he's doing good and back home.

newbreedbrian - 9-6-2008 at 01:29 PM

good stuff!

DaveMoral - 9-6-2008 at 03:26 PM

Great to hear BD! My family wants to say HI to all you guys!

Furly - 9-6-2008 at 06:45 PM

awww he's a cute little guy!
happy things are better for your family.

bystanderfanzine.com - 9-7-2008 at 05:08 PM

awesome news... cute kid!

Dave - 9-7-2008 at 10:11 PM

nice, glad to hear he's doing better.

BDx13 - 10-13-2008 at 05:37 PM

just back from our first visit to the cardiologist.
there doesn't appear to have been any damage from the kawasaki disease.
back again in two years to follow up.
can't begin to tell you how relieved we are.
thanks for all the kind words.

Furly - 10-13-2008 at 05:39 PM

That's great news!

CR83 - 10-13-2008 at 06:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BD
just back from our first visit to the cardiologist.
there doesn't appear to have been any damage from the kawasaki disease.
back again in two years to follow up.
can't begin to tell you how relieved we are.
thanks for all the kind words.


Pure awesomeness

Discipline - 10-13-2008 at 06:04 PM

Great news BD. Hope it stays that way.

morgan - 10-13-2008 at 06:29 PM

Good to hear the little one is doing well.

newbreedbrian - 10-13-2008 at 07:33 PM

awesome d, that's truly great to hear

DAK - 10-13-2008 at 07:39 PM

Thats great to hear.