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Title: hospitals.
Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 10:30:08 AM
ok so last night Chantelle had to take Kathleen (our 6wo) to wodonga hospital at about 7pm,
Then they decided to move Kath to Albury Base hospital by ambulance at 2am because they aren't set up for what she needs.
Now tell me this, why on earth didn't they just send her there straight away instead of waiting till the wee hours of the morning? Grrrrrrr
Will find out today if we need to go to RMCH.... Don't know whats wrong with my little girl yet and I think that is why I was so grumpy about the move. fingers crossed.............

Cheers
Evo
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Post by: Bird on June 05, 2013, 10:43:39 AM
At least you werent laying on a trolley (not even a bed) in a corridor with 1 sheet over you freezing your tits off for 18 hours...
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Post by: KingBilly on June 05, 2013, 10:44:27 AM
Mate, thinking of you.  Nothing worse than having a child who is sick and not knowing why?  Hope Kathleen gets well soon.

KB
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Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 10:48:13 AM
Thanks mate, its pretty rough, at 6 weeks old she has only put on 100 grams in the last few weeks.....
And she isn't wanting to feed. Plus she now has an infection and a heart murmur.

Cheers
Evo
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Post by: Tjupurula on June 05, 2013, 11:22:51 AM
Hi Evo
I sincerely hope that all turns out for the good mate, nothing worse than having sick children.
Tjupurula
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Post by: fuji on June 05, 2013, 01:45:52 PM
Best of luck buddy kisses and cuddles for the girls.
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Post by: Canaussie on June 05, 2013, 02:09:22 PM
Good luck, nothing means the world to you more than your children! Hope she gets the care she deserves and gets better soon!

The Brant Clan
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Post by: ScottT on June 05, 2013, 02:12:18 PM
Good luck, nothing means the world to you more than your children! Hope she gets the care she deserves and gets better soon!




x infinity
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Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 02:20:47 PM
Hi Evo
I sincerely hope that all turns out for the good mate, nothing worse than having sick children.
Tjupurula
Thanks mate. Its tougher than anything I had to go through with Johnathon as yet. At least she getting looked after properly now.

Cheers
Evo
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Post by: Bird on June 05, 2013, 02:22:21 PM
Thanks mate. Its tougher than anything I had to go through with Johnathon as yet. At least she getting looked after properly now.

Cheers
Evo
wat is the prognosis or too early?
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 02:23:12 PM
Best of luck buddy kisses and cuddles for the girls.

Thanks buddy, I passed it on to the girls. Chan laughed and said she's looking forward to you coming up and putting the patrol to shame with your cruiser.  ;D
I just smiled and nodded.  ;)  best not to argue with her now. Lol

Cheers
Evo
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 02:24:12 PM

x infinity
Good luck, nothing means the world to you more than your children! Hope she gets the care she deserves and gets better soon!

The Brant Clan

Thanks guys

Cheers
Evo
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 02:25:39 PM
wat is the prognosis or too early?
Too early at this point. She has an ultrasound and a scan booked in for this afternoon, we will hopefully know more after that. That will let us know if we have to go to Melbourne or not.

Cheers
Evo
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: Bird on June 05, 2013, 02:26:52 PM
Quote from: evolution
Too early at this point. She has an ultrasound and a scan booked in for this afternoon, we will hopefully know more after that. That will let us know if we have to go to Melbourne or not.

Lettuce no if you end up in town, try and get a get together arranged for coffee, and support.
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Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 02:41:38 PM
Lettuce no if you end up in town, try and get a get together arranged for coffee, and support.

Thanks mate, I will for sure. And I/we appreciate the thought more than anything else.

Cheers
Evo
Title: hospitals.
Post by: Toy pradopetty on June 05, 2013, 05:45:48 PM
From one father to another, hope what ever it is that the little one has is soon sorted and remember if you need help or a person to talk to do not be scared to let people know. Holding it in will cause you more grief than anything else. All the best.


Cheers
Frank
Title: hospitals.
Post by: weso on June 05, 2013, 05:57:30 PM
From one father to another, hope what ever it is that the little one has is soon sorted and remember if you need help or a person to talk to do not be scared to let people know. Holding it in will cause you more grief than anything else. All the best.


Cheers
Frank

Frank I think all us furthers are the same mate we ALL echo your sentiment. Be confident she is in the best hand evo she'll be fine you have all has our hopes and prayers !!!!


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Post by: briann532 on June 05, 2013, 06:00:49 PM
Terribly hard thing to have to go through.

Wishing you all the best, and knowing she feels your love.

Cheers
Brian
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Post by: deepop on June 05, 2013, 06:03:00 PM
Good luck with her evo.   Hope it all works out soonest.   And you're right, support to the missus helps everyone a lot too.
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Post by: elle.mac on June 05, 2013, 06:04:31 PM
Hope your lil one is better soon - nothing worse then seeing them sick and not being able to do anything.
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Post by: Chris-Vi on June 05, 2013, 06:42:05 PM
Good luck Evo. I hope it all gets sorted out. As you said at least she is in the right place and good hands.  :cheers:
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Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 06:44:13 PM
Thanks guys, its amazing the amount of well wishes.  ;D
Kathleen said thank you and here is a photo of our little trooper for you all.

Cheers
Evo
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Post by: Jeepers Creepers on June 05, 2013, 06:50:51 PM
Cute kid, i sure hope she's ok.

Does she have a busted wrist?
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Post by: Jason B on June 05, 2013, 06:51:21 PM
Thoughts with you EVO there is nothing worse mate, we went through it with our youngest and it turned out to be a simple thing in the end mate. Lets just hope your journey is similar and she is running around giving you cheek before you know it !

Jas
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Post by: StrvnMrvn on June 05, 2013, 06:52:12 PM
Good to see the little one is doing better!!

I hate even going away for work, let alone over seas for 9 months for work and knowing the little ones are sick for no reason.

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Post by: GeoffA on June 05, 2013, 06:53:39 PM
Thinking of you, mate.
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Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 06:54:13 PM
Cute kid, i sure hope she's ok.

Does she have a busted wrist?

Haha mate!....... I just about shat bricks when I walked into the hospital this morning. I thought the same thing.
Its actually covering a small soft splint to stop her moving her wrist with the cannula in. (And to stop her from pulling it out)

Cheers
Evo
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 06:56:20 PM
Thoughts with you EVO there is nothing worse mate, we went through it with our youngest and it turned out to be a simple thing in the end mate. Lets just hope your journey is similar and she is running around giving you cheek before you know it !

Jas

Thanks mate, we are hoping for the simple thing. But it isn't looking promising unfortunately. The bug count in her test was far too high. :(

But positive thinking is power so fingers crossed.

Cheers
Evo
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 06:57:29 PM
Good to see the little one is doing better!!

I hate even going away for work, let alone over seas for 9 months for work and knowing the little ones are sick for no reason.

Pm sent mate.

Cheers
Evo
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 07:00:21 PM
Thinking of you, mate.

Thanks mate.

Cheers
Evo
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Post by: Nomad on June 05, 2013, 07:19:21 PM
If she is anything like you Evo she will be a great little fighter with a heart of gold...........
Our thoughts are with you and yours.



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Post by: britts on June 05, 2013, 07:22:35 PM
All the best for the little one, and make sure you send the wife for some down time as they can tend to beat themselves up if its not good news but say they are ok. Thinking of you all.
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Post by: Brett B on June 05, 2013, 07:23:27 PM
All the best mate
Its bloody hard at that age they cant tell you where they hurt
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Post by: Patr80l on June 05, 2013, 08:55:08 PM
Hope things improve soon.   You can tell a lot from the foot of the bed.   Looking at her photo, from a medical perspective; she is a good colour, good posture and taking in her surroundings.   Doesn't look too bad.   (Its the pale, floppy, zoned-out ones you worry about.)
Good luck for tomorrow.
Dr Patr80l.
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Post by: D4D on June 05, 2013, 09:00:14 PM
Best of luck, I hope you don't but if you end up in RCH let us know.
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Post by: heath74 on June 05, 2013, 09:06:02 PM
Best of luck mate, nothing worse than sick kids.
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 09:17:55 PM
Hope things improve soon.   You can tell a lot from the foot of the bed.   Looking at her photo, from a medical perspective; she is a good colour, good posture and taking in her surroundings.   Doesn't look too bad.   (Its the pale, floppy, zoned-out ones you worry about.)
Good luck for tomorrow.
Dr Patr80l.

She's a different girl to what she was last night which is promising. (couldn't bring myself to take a photo of her last night)

Cheers
Evo
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: evolution on June 05, 2013, 09:20:40 PM
Best of luck, I hope you don't but if you end up in RCH let us know.
Thanks mate will do. The scans are booked in for 9am tomorrow so we should finally know if we have anything to seriously worry about.
Unfortuantely the strength of her infection is leading the doctors to believe that the valve between the kidney and bladder isn't working properly. Which can be a bit of a worry.

Not sure on the Heart murmur yet, they are constantly checking it but we haven't heard anything else on that yet.

Cheers
Evo
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Post by: staghornflat on June 05, 2013, 09:24:26 PM
Good luck mate, we're sending possitive vibes your way.
Title: hospitals.
Post by: Socks on June 05, 2013, 09:35:58 PM
Thanks mate will do. The scans are booked in for 9am tomorrow so we should finally know if we have anything to seriously worry about.
Unfortuantely the strength of her infection is leading the doctors to believe that the valve between the kidney and bladder isn't working properly. Which can be a bit of a worry.

Not sure on the Heart murmur yet, they are constantly checking it but we haven't heard anything else on that yet.

Cheers
Evo

At least you have an idea of what you're dealing with and while its scary I personally think not knowing is more scary. Keeping you and yours in my thoughts and hoping all will be ok


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Post by: Bunyip on June 05, 2013, 09:46:51 PM
Hi Evo,

Such a hard time, LB and my thoughts are with you and yours.

How is your Son handling it?

Bunyip
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: Nay-DMAX on June 05, 2013, 09:47:17 PM
Hey Evo so sorry to hear beautiful Kathleen is not well I hope that you have more answers from the hospital soon. From your original post I don't know why they didn't move her straight away seems odd to me that they would wait until 2am especially with little baby.  But like you said in good hands now and if they send you to the RCH in good hands there too just further from home.  If you need anything at all just let us know. Thoughts with Chantelle also
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Post by: Redcherokee on June 05, 2013, 09:49:21 PM
Fingers crossed. Hope she gets well soon.
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Post by: macca on June 05, 2013, 09:53:18 PM
Best of luck, I hope you don't but if you end up in RCH let us know.

X2

Evo, hope the little tackers OK, its bloody hard when your kids are sick
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Post by: Mobi on June 05, 2013, 10:05:18 PM
Hi Evo

Sorry to hear you baby is not well, hopefully everything will improve and they will find a fix for the infection and murmur. Wish Chantelle and you all the best.

Peter
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Post by: sonny on June 05, 2013, 10:05:58 PM
Prayers for a speedy and complete recovery
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Post by: Tjupurula on June 06, 2013, 04:42:49 AM
Hi Evo
I soncrely hope that by noe you have had some better news.  I know tha whebn I was recently in the cardiac ward for a while some parents came in with their yougsters, and a couple of the nurses explained to me that the little ones were always stronger than their parents.......and that amazing things can be done these days.
I really hope all is getting better my friend, and stll thinking of you, your family and bubs.
Regards
Tjupurula
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Post by: achjimmy on June 06, 2013, 09:13:00 AM
Best wishes mate, the little ones are always tougher than you think. And often when they bounce back its super fast. Here's hoping that's the case.
Title: hospitals.
Post by: JU5T1N on June 06, 2013, 09:14:23 AM
Such a terrible feeling being helpless to know what a sick child may need. Our prayers and thoughts are with the Evo family, we hope for a speedy recovery.

Let us know if you need any help or support, the whole myswag family is right beside you.
Big hugs for the Evo family
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: evolution on June 06, 2013, 12:50:53 PM
Hi guys. Firstly
A big thank you to everyone for you well wishes and kind words. It is very much appreciated.  :cup:
Just goes to show how kind the Myswag family is.
The offers for assistance should we need to go to the Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne has been amazing and even though we still aren't sure if we need to go, we appreciate the offers and are amazed at the generosity of others that we have not even been lucky enough to meet in person.

We have had some good news and some not so good news today. The scans showed that the kidney appears normal, but was not able to show clearly the valves nor the bladder so we are still unsure of that. The test results are due in sometime today and will hopefully let us know what we are dealing with. Kath is much more alert now and even gave us some smiles today  ;D

The Heart murmur is still an unknown at this point. It has caused a couple of frights over the last couple of days but seems to have settled down somewhat. We were told the main priority at this point is to clear the infection and find out why it is there and what needs to be done to resolve it.
If the Murmur stays how it is now for the next couple of days then it will require monitoring for the next few weeks to find out just how bad it is.

Chantelle is coping better now and said to share her thanks to everyone and that she is looking forward to meeting you all either at the trip next week or at the national meet to say thank you in person.


Cheers
Evo
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Post by: Bird on June 06, 2013, 01:15:07 PM
so are you stayin there, or are you down here?
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Post by: evolution on June 06, 2013, 01:24:11 PM
so are you stayin there, or are you down here?

We still aren't sure mate. There is still allot of unknowns which is making everything difficult. That and everything seems to take such a long time.

Cheers
Evo
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Post by: achjimmy on June 06, 2013, 01:38:27 PM
We still aren't sure mate. There is still allot of unknowns which is making everything difficult. That and everything seems to take such a long time.

Cheers
Evo

That's the biggest issue in these cases nobody knows what comes next, and is where we are spoit in the big cities of having the ability to go straight to the children's hospitals. Keep at mate, be polite but insistent.  Albury base were very good to our little girl some 8-9 yrs ago although it was nothing as serious as this.
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Post by: doc evil on June 06, 2013, 10:38:09 PM
Bugga Evo, sorry to hear. She's in good care. Hope all turns out OK.

Doc.
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Post by: Swannie on June 06, 2013, 11:01:15 PM
Thoughts are with you and your family mate
Swannie



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Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: KingBilly on June 07, 2013, 07:50:26 AM
Hey evo, any updates on bub?

KB
Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: evolution on June 07, 2013, 10:27:05 AM
Yes we finally have an update.
The infection is under control and looks like bub and mum can come home today. We are making an appointment for the heart specialist at RCH in melbourne. I have no idea when this will be, hopefully not too long.
If she gets another infection we will need to go straight down to RCH though, so fingers crossed that doesn't happen.
So all in all good news In a way, frustrating none the less though.

Cheers
Evo
Title: hospitals.
Post by: Toy pradopetty on June 07, 2013, 10:29:53 AM
Well it sounds like promising news. Best of luck


Cheers
Frank
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Post by: KingBilly on June 07, 2013, 10:41:20 AM
That's great news evo.  All the best.

KB
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Post by: GGV8Cruza on June 07, 2013, 11:20:39 AM
Great news Evo, hopefully all can get home to a norml family life

GG
Title: hospitals.
Post by: liney on June 07, 2013, 11:28:05 AM
Great to hear mate. Our thoughts are with you and your family.
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Post by: evolution on June 07, 2013, 11:30:55 AM
Thanks guys, I spent a few hours last night cuddled up to my little princess. I got more smiles from her then than we have in the last week or so. A few days of rest for mum and bubs over the long weekend and hopefully things will settle down until we have to go down to melbourne. Which means that my little man (2yo) is going to help me on the camper and 4wd this weekend I think :-)

Cheers
Evo
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Post by: GeoffA on June 07, 2013, 12:10:25 PM
That's wonderful news Evo.
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Post by: Bigmacthepunker on June 07, 2013, 12:39:28 PM
Hi Evo And Family
Just read through the post, you guys have been to hell and back lately, no knowing what was wrong with your little princess Kathleen. Just wanted to pass on our good wishes to you all, and specialty to little Kath. We hope she will be well very soon.
Big G and Family
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Post by: macca on June 07, 2013, 12:58:01 PM
Good news Evo, good luck, they are a good mob at the RCH
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Post by: fuji on June 07, 2013, 06:19:12 PM
Good to hear bud, good to hear
Evo
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Post by: redrocker on June 07, 2013, 07:02:59 PM
Hi evo'

Just caught up sounds ilke things are looking up go to here I also know what its like when the princess go down mine is 14 now and it still hurts just as much now as it did then
our wishes are with you and your family best of luck

The Redrockers
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Post by: McGirr on June 07, 2013, 07:59:16 PM
Great news  :cup:

Mark
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Post by: evolution on June 07, 2013, 08:16:43 PM
Thanks Guys!!  ;D She is doing much better and finishing her bottles again.
Will be doing a road trip down to Melbourne in the next couple of weeks for the Heart Murmur. So plan to stay in Melbourne for a week or so at this point. Hopefully find some time to take the little man to the zoo and aquarium too.

Cheers
Evo
Title: hospitals.
Post by: weso on June 07, 2013, 08:29:22 PM
Great news Evo, hopefully all can get home to a norml family life

GG

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Title: Re: hospitals.
Post by: BernieShelly on June 07, 2013, 08:48:55 PM
Hi evo good to hear that things are on the up for your little girl
our thoughts are with you and your family
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Post by: SteveandViv on June 08, 2013, 04:56:41 AM
Yea, all the best mate. Hate reading these threads when it involves little ones being sick, well any one really but you know what I mean. You may have to bring the family to Broome for some R&R, that will help ;D
Title: hospitals.
Post by: JB on June 08, 2013, 08:20:13 AM
Evo

The new RCH will blow you away.  It's not like any other hospital you've ever seen.  It's designed to be an enjoyable place to visit and stay, particularly for kids.  They even have a massive aquarium and a meerkat enclosure.  A massive improvement on the old one 

http://www.rch.org.au/uploadedFiles/Main/Content/info/Your%20Guide%20to%20RCH.pdf (http://www.rch.org.au/uploadedFiles/Main/Content/info/Your%20Guide%20to%20RCH.pdf)

I live in Brunswick, the next suburb north, give me hoy if you need anything. 


Cheers

JB
Title: hospitals.
Post by: GG on June 08, 2013, 09:22:21 AM
Evo, been following your plight and so glad everything is closer to normal for you and your precious family. Best wishes for a complete recovery.
Cheers. GG.