Monday, November 12, 2012

My baby...

Yesterday was a hard evening for us. My beautiful 16 (almost 17) year old son, Christian, scared us to death. Something similar happened to him when he was 11 as well. Yesterday he was in the kitchen reaching into the cabinet to get something that was up high for his aunt Tiffany when he lost his vision, blacked out and dropped the large glass bottle he was holding. The bottle shattered on the stove while also breaking a plate. Shards of glass flew around the room striking them both as Tiffany caught him from hitting the floor and his head. His eyes were open she said...but he wasn't there. She screamed call 911 and my husband raced to the kitchen to see what was happening. He tried to grab Christian from her arms but she didn't let go of him. They both were holding him up when he came to and started asking what had happened. When I got to the kitchen their backs were to me and all I could see was glass everywhere and them holding Christian up with his back to me. Tiffany had a terrified look on her face as she told me to call 911. I went into panic mode...in my mind I pictured that he had been stabbed or cut severely. I didn't see any blood. I felt like they were keeping his back to me for a reason. I would have gone into a major panic and screaming fit if my baby had been bleeding and cut severely. But that wasn't what happened. When their backs were to me, they were just getting him to the other room I now think.
I grabbed my phone and tried several times to call 911, but I was in such a panic that I kept pushing the wrong buttons and apps that took me places other than the keyboard of my cell phone. It must have taken me almost a minute to dial the phone number.
Huck was telling me to hang up the phone because he was going to drive him to the hospital but I wanted the paramedics to come. And they did. They took all his vitals and determined that he was in no immediate danger. All of his vitals were fine. They did recommend us taking him to the ER, which we did.
At the Naval Hospital they hooked him up to machines and took blood. They told us that his creatine level was 1.5 which is high. They said he was dehydrated. We asked them to give him fluids and run the blood work again.
After the fluids his levels were 1.3 which still leaves us concerned because his father has the same problem with creatine levels and kidney problems. They discharged us after almost 4 hours and told us to take him to his primary care physician.
Tomorrow he will be seeing the doctor and I am going to insist on him seeing a kidney specialist and a neurologist. I want answers and I want my baby boy safe and taken care of. The worst case scenarios popped into my head and I need reassurance that he is OK. If something is wrong other than just dehydration we need to get it taken care of.
Please pray for Christian Ray tomorrow. He is the best son anyone could ask for. I am so proud of him. He loves God, he makes excellent grades, he wants a Christian girlfriend (he's still waiting patiently), he is honest, sweet and he's very respectful. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. I will update everyone here -- so please make sure you subscribe to my blog.
~~ Michelle ~~