The Life of Titus: Withdrawals

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Withdrawals

Something's up with Titus - and it looks like he's still withdrawing from pain meds and the methadone.

He started running a slight fever yesterday. Becky took him to the doctor just to be sure and they sent her to the Lab to draw blood. They weren't successful drawing blood (Becky gives them two tries and then that's it). When we got home, he was just jittery and would not fall to sleep. He didn't sleep at all last night - I got up every hour to check on him. He was still and quiet, but his head and eyes were just roaming.

We were anxiously awaiting Lisa (our daytime nurse) to arrive. From her observation (and she has been a special needs pediatric nurse for years - and we love her dearly), she thought he might still be withdrawing. So, they took a trip back to the doctors, talked with the PICU staff and have prescribed a remedy. Poor little guy - he's just jittery and needs to sleep.

So, your prayers today would be appreciated.

1 comment:

Jenny said...: Becky it was good to see you agian and Lisa is an awesome friend and Nurse.

Praying Titus is feeling better this weekend. He is precious!!!

Praying for rest and strength for you and Becky.

Blessings Jenny(appointments at North Dallas Pediatrics); February 7, 2009 at 1:55 AM

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Introduction

This all began with emails, random thoughts, and prayer requests when our 5th son, Titus Beck, was born. From the moment he was born, issues arose which have led us on a new journey of faith.

Titus was born with micronagthia (recessed chin) that blocked his breathing, cleft palate, profound deafness, blindness, Dandy-Walker variant, ASD/VSD, hemi-vertebrae in the spine, and the list continues. He has had 8 surgeries in 14 months and spent 115 days in the NICU or PICU.

And yet, with all of that, Titus is gift from God, a blessing, a content and happy baby.

And along with Titus, we have 4 other boys, 2 golden retrievers, 2 nurses, and whole cast of characters that flow in and out of our house. To us, it's quite routine and normal, but others don't seem to see it that way. Follow along the journey of our daily life.