natalie-update.org

It’s been a while since we have updated Natalie’s blog.  We have been extremely busy with litigation and  life.  We are happy to say that we settled the law suit and so that chapter of our book is closed.  Natalie is doing well.  We had a busy summer.  We went to Disney and stayed at [...]

Well it has been a while since we have updated Natalie’s site.  We have been busy!!  Natalie is in third grade and loves school.  We had a rough start to the school year.   She continually came down with pneumonia.  She also had multiple ear infections.  We had a few months were she would cry during [...]

This year has gone by so quickly!  Natalie has had a pretty rough time this year so far.  She has pneumonia, again, as I write this.  She just can’t seem to get over it.  We have tried antibiotics, machines to help her cough and lots of other stuff.  Natalie has been smiling a lot through all of it, but she seems to sleep a lot also.

Natalie is doing well with school and still loves going.  When we ask her if she is ready to go to school in the mornings, she just smiles and laughs at us.  Sometimes she comes off the bus completely worn out and asleep.

We are preparing for a busy summer of family events and time together, so we are hoping that the warmer weather will help

Well, we were able to come home on Monday afternoon late from Children’s Hospital ICU.  Natalie has pneumonia again, but this time they think that she became hypoxic from it overnight causing her to not want to wake up and start this whole scare.

Natalie is doing ok so far at home, but she is on oxygen and we are keeping an eye on her vitals, mostly her oxygen saturation readings.  She is coughing a lot and clearing her lungs some, but it seems like it takes forever for her to get feeling better.

We would like to thank everyone for their prayers and emails of support for us, not only through this site, but my (elliott’s) other sites as well.  The blogging community is great!

Natalie is sleeping a lot now, but

Well, it has been awhile since I posted an update.  Almost 3 months.  It was because ”life was good” and Natalie was doing really well.

However, as things can change on a moments notice with a special needs child, today things changed.

Natalie came home from school asleep yesterday (Friday) and we didn’t think much of it as sometimes it wears her out and she is just wiped out and tired.  But this morning, she wouldn’t wake up.  And of course, I was out of town at a Fire Department conference to make matters a little more stressful.  All I can say is I am glad that there were no police running radar and my car held together to get home!

Natalie was unresponsive this morning (Saturday) and after checking with the doctors