Our lad Finnian went into seizure status on friday morning September 27th. We tries to stop the seizures at home but were unable to. We took him to the ER and they tried to stop them with Atavian but it didn't work. He had an X ray of his chest and a Cat Scan of his head. The X ray showed that the top lobe in his right lung had collapsed due to aspiration pneunomia. They addmitted him to the PEds Intensive Care unit where they had to put in a breathing tube.
They finally got the seizures to stop with IV meds he is also in IV meds for the pneumonia the tube is still in we hope to be home in a few days.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
September update
The kids all started school. Eoghan and Maura walk around the corner and Finnian and his nurse take a yellow school bus to school.
Eoghan is doing good in school and Maura is doing good too. But our Finnian is learning to ride a tricycle and walk with a walker.
Look in our pictures and you will see pics of the kids on their first day at school.
Eoghan is doing good in school and Maura is doing good too. But our Finnian is learning to ride a tricycle and walk with a walker.
Look in our pictures and you will see pics of the kids on their first day at school.
New Baby in Holland
Congrats to Brendan and Caroline in Holland
on the birth of their son
Ronan Finn Cosgrove.
Congrats to Lisa and Bridget too on the arrival of their new baby brother
on the birth of their son
Ronan Finn Cosgrove.
Congrats to Lisa and Bridget too on the arrival of their new baby brother
Sunday, August 17, 2008
August
Today is August 17th and its Michael Cosgrove's (Bangor) my big brothers birthday.
Happy Birthday Michael.
Wow the summer is almost over and the kids are getting ready to go back to school. Eoghan will be going in to 3rd grade, Maura will be starting Kindergarten and our Finnian will be starting pre-school.
Finnian starts the 3rd of September,Maura starts the 4th of September and Eoghan starts the 8th of September. Thank goodness they all don't start the same day. Well its a big for both Finny and Maurs. Finny gets to go to school on a school bus with his nurse Bernadette. To be honest it was the only way I was going to let him go to school only if his nurse could go with him. With the way he is now you just don't know when the terrible seizures will hit him. Just to day he had one totally out of the blue and we had to hook him up on his pulse oximeter as his oxygen has a tendency to go low and I got the oxygen ready just incase he would need it. But thankfully he didn't the O2.
We all complain about the list of supplies we have to get the kids for going back to school but its isn't a patch on what I need for Finnian. I have to get prescriptions for his therapy, letters for his medications, letters for his oxygen and pulse oximeter. He will have to travel with feeding pump,suctioning machine,pulse ox,Diastat, oxygen,blood pressure cuff,syringes, etc. All of these things have a place in our house where they live but try to pack everything in to a backpack they don't fit.
Oh well I will have it all figured out by the time he goes to school.
Bye for now
The Cats in the Bronx
Happy Birthday Michael.
Wow the summer is almost over and the kids are getting ready to go back to school. Eoghan will be going in to 3rd grade, Maura will be starting Kindergarten and our Finnian will be starting pre-school.
Finnian starts the 3rd of September,Maura starts the 4th of September and Eoghan starts the 8th of September. Thank goodness they all don't start the same day. Well its a big for both Finny and Maurs. Finny gets to go to school on a school bus with his nurse Bernadette. To be honest it was the only way I was going to let him go to school only if his nurse could go with him. With the way he is now you just don't know when the terrible seizures will hit him. Just to day he had one totally out of the blue and we had to hook him up on his pulse oximeter as his oxygen has a tendency to go low and I got the oxygen ready just incase he would need it. But thankfully he didn't the O2.
We all complain about the list of supplies we have to get the kids for going back to school but its isn't a patch on what I need for Finnian. I have to get prescriptions for his therapy, letters for his medications, letters for his oxygen and pulse oximeter. He will have to travel with feeding pump,suctioning machine,pulse ox,Diastat, oxygen,blood pressure cuff,syringes, etc. All of these things have a place in our house where they live but try to pack everything in to a backpack they don't fit.
Oh well I will have it all figured out by the time he goes to school.
Bye for now
The Cats in the Bronx
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Pictures from our vacation
Well I finally uploaded my pictures. If I didn't send them you can view the by clicking on the link to the right.
That's it for now
That's it for now
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Our vacation in Ireland
We all had a great time in Ireland. All got wind burned on the Aran Islands but we had a great day. Went to Mayo on the weekend and Eoghan learned the hard way why you should hold on while walking on the treadmill.Both Eoghan and Maura were on the treadmill and of coures Eoghan told Maurs to make it go faster and like a good little girl she did and Eoghan flew off it and gave himself a bloody nose. Finnian nearly gave Brendan and Margaret a heart attack when he fell of the bed. All I said to Finny was " did you go boom?" and he started to laugh. It was my fault as I didn't check on him knowing that he was wide awake and having fun kicking and rolling around on the bed. We went to the fun fare in Ballina and to the parade and fireworks after. In between the fun fare and the parade we nearly had to take Finny to the hospital. No it wasn't his seizures he had a little accident with his g-tube button. But lucky for us we had a spare and we changed it in the back of the car. We went to Doohoma and saw Tony,Bridie,young Tony,Vinnie,Martin and Mark. Eoghan and Maurs had fun playing with Rusty. Then we left Mayo and went to Kinnegad and saw Peggy, Pat, Padrigh and Ruaridh and then back to Galway.
In Galway the kids had fun going on the tractors and chasing the cats. They went to the castle and Maura was turning in to a little farmer. Thomas was surprised she wasn't afraid of the cows. Will post pics once I put the on the computer. Iknow I am bad we are back almost a week and still havent taken them out of the camera.
Thats all for now
The Cats in the Bronx
In Galway the kids had fun going on the tractors and chasing the cats. They went to the castle and Maura was turning in to a little farmer. Thomas was surprised she wasn't afraid of the cows. Will post pics once I put the on the computer. Iknow I am bad we are back almost a week and still havent taken them out of the camera.
Thats all for now
The Cats in the Bronx
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