Sawyer and Peggy Update

Well, I've had a sick Sawyer all week. It started Sunday with mild fever, then on Monday he had a fever of 104! His fever dropped by Tuesday but he was still so crabby and every night he's been waking up screaming. Yesterday, he cried and screamed all morning so I finally decided that I had better take him in to figure out what the heck. So, after working a part day at Peggy's I took him in to the doc and I'm so glad I did because she looked in his mouth and saw tons of mouth ulcers in the back of his mouth and throat. Poor thing! No wonder he's been screaming! She told me it is probably "herpangina" caused by the "coxsackievirus" - aren't these horrible names? Anyways, there's not much you can do except ride it out. Great.

Today Sawyer's mood is better, but he's still not himself and I just found that he was too clingy and crabby to bring in to Peggy's. I'm glad I kept him home because as the day progressed, he developed an awful rash all over his body! I spent a while tracking down the doc who said that it probably is just a viral thing and that I should just watch it today. Sigh. It has been a long week.

A few updates on Peggy. The 48 hour cuff test went well and there was no leakage, so Dr. Davis doesn't want to change the trach just yet - but we'll be monitoring it over this week. On Tuesday afternoon Peggy had her doc visit and Cathy and Catherine cauterized a few places around the stoma.

That's all I got...I hope to be back in the office tomorrow - we'll see how our little guy is. Peggy will be going to see Lee Cataluna's play "You Somebody" tomorrow night. Deena Dray and the Diamond Head Theatre generously donated a few tickets for the regular Peg's Legs. Peggy has a big month this month - she's going to the play this weekend, out to dinner for Elroy's birthday next weekend, to the Made in Hawaii Show at the Blaisdell the following weekend, and the last weekend of the month is Sawyer's First Birthday Baby Luau at Chun Party Central. I'm emailing the invite out soon - save the date - Saturday August 25th at 4pm at Peggy's. We're not doing formal invites 'cause EVERYONE is invited!!!! Come one come all! It's party time AGAIN at the Chun House. Didn't I say "never again" after the Women's Party? :)

Speaking of Sawyer, thought I'd share this photo of his latest trick - yankauring Puna!