Thanks and an update

[madeleone]

Thank you so much to all the wonderful people on my 'flist' who responded to my frantic post yesterday with healing vibes and prayers and postitive thoughts and words of encouragement. It really meant a lot, just to have someone say, 'hey, I've been there too and it worked out.' or 'stay calm and take a deep breath' or just "hey, I'm thinking of you.' Like Teddy said in an earlier post, I really believe in the power of positive energy. It really helped me out, and today looks much better.

Update on McKenna. She has been moved out of ICU. They are fairly certain that what she has is not bacterial which apparently is worse or more of a threat. It is viral, probably enteroviris. It still seems a bit scary to me as apparently there really is no treatment other than to control the fever and let her body fight it off. But my son says the Dr said if you have to get meningitis this is the strain to get. They have taken her off the anti-biotics as they have no effect on a virus. They are still going to monitor her for a bit longer as the Dr said since it is a holiday weekend and they live so far away, she didn't want to take a chance that they would drive for three hours all the way home and then have something go wrong and have to rush all the way back again. So, they will probably keep them there at least another day or two. We are planning to drive over and see them tomorrow as if they do get discharged it will not be until late in the day.

So once again thanks so much to all you wonderful people out there. You are amazing!

Comments

[blueartemis07.livejournal.com]

~hugs~ That was exactly what happened with my cousin. He stayed in for a few days, and then recovered nicely. I'm putting that thought out there.

[madeleone]

Thank blue, I have a much brighter outlook today and have high hopes for a speedy recovery.