Tuesday, Oct 7th Evening
Hello all, They got another Doctor, Dr. Bing to look at Brooke. They have taken blood test and put her on IV with antibiotics. The blood test have come back and Brooke has tonsilitis. They have had her on antibiotics and IV’s all day.
This afternoon she is feeling better. They have taken her off IV”s but will continue them in the morning. She is eating some and drinking. She is almost back to herself, our always laughing happy Brooke, she had us both scared there for awhile.
I am feeling better today. Dr. Bing is a very good doctor, he was very concerned about Brooke and got the medical attention that she needed. He got the head of pediatrics to evaluate her.
I forgot to mention about last night before Dr. Bing saw her this moring. I told the Doctor on duty about her vomitting, not eating, and not drinking. They are going to put her on an IV. So before they put in the IV, we put numbing cream in the area where they are going to insert the needle. They were going to insert the IV in the top of her hand, so I numbed the tops of both of ther hands. Well, the nurses 5 of them tried both hands and couldn’t get it, then the tried both her feet, still couldn’t get the IV in, then they tried again in her hand and could not get it still. I said this is enough you are not going to keep poking her, get someone who knows what they are doing. They decided to send us to the pediatric ward to have the pediatric nurse do it. We get to the pediatric ward, it was dark and very dirty. We are outside of this room in the hallway and there is a boy getting stiches in is head. Then they put another kid in the same room on the same table without cleaning the table and the nurse begins working on him without washing her hands or the table. Then they call us in and we refused to put Brooke on the table until the cleaned it. They went and got a sanitary sheet, and put that on the table. Then the nurse starts to open the IV packet and I said wash hands and she said “OH YEAH” couldn’t believe it. They never wear gloves when work on any of the patients here. They were going to put the IV in her head and my mom and I both said “NO”. Poor Brooke after all the poking and crying, they finally got it in. Now when any of the nurses comes into our room, she is very uneasy. We had to go by the emergency entrance, they do not furnish wheel chairs to there patients, or gernies. We saw patients being carried in by both legs, a patient walking in front of us, head bandage and blood running down her face. We were told that handicapped people in China cannot afford wheelchairs so they never leave there homes. Outside of the hospital, there is nothing handicapp accesible.
They have taken the IV off for now. Tomorrow at 6:00 am they are going to put her back on antibiotics and draw blood for more test. Her stem cell therapy has been cancelled until Fri. I hope that they will be able to do all the stem cell treatments, otherwise if there is not enough time we may have to stay longer, I am not going to worry about that now, this will be another expense if we have to change our flight.
Until tomorrow, good night all.
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