First day at home/ Primer dia en casa
After spending two weeks in Our Ladies Hospital Crumlin in Dublin, Sergio was ready to be discharged on Tuesday last week. It was an exciting event for the entire family bringing Sergio home for the first time ever. We had everything in place including equipment and medical supplies. Unfortunately though it became quickly apparent that things were not going to go to plan as Sergio had profuse diarrhea that didn’t cease throughout his first night at home. He had contracted the dreaded hospital vomiting bug (Rotavirus). As he became increasingly weak and extremely dehydrated, we were left...
Read MoreMonday 18/02/2013
Those are 2 short videos of the day Sergio O’Connor left Boston Children’s Hospital and flew back to Ireland with AirMed. First Video: Second...
Read MoreSergio is Back
Sergio O’Connor, Donal, Rosa and Tadhg arrived back in Ireland this week after a stay of over nine months in the Children’s Hospital Boston where Sergio underwent specialist life-changing operations and treatment not available in Ireland. Sergio and his father Donal travelled home by air-ambulance with refueling stopovers in Newfoundland and Iceland before arriving in Dublin late last night. They were met on arrival by an ambulance for transfer to Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin. Donal and his wife Rosa are so appreciative of the excellent care and medical...
Read MoreDay 270: Friday 18/01/2013
Sergio had his scheduled esophogram this afternoon. The procedure was quick and Sergio was back in his room 30 minutes later. We weren’t able to get the formal report from the surgeons as they were caught up with another case and therefore didn’t get a chance to calculate the measurements. However the contrast studies appear to show no significant change from last week which is actually good news. Just before going to bed, Sergio’s nurse luckily spotted that his PIC line was somehow exposed and nearly falling out. Ironically there was talk that they might take out his PIC...
Read MoreDay 269: Thursday 17/01/2013
Apologizes for not updating the blog since before Christmas. The truth be told, we have been on a bit of a roller coaster of highs and lows over the last few weeks. The main concern was that a small part of Sergio’s esophagus was narrowing right down and it appeared that the weekly dilations were not working. The surgeons then started talking about the possibility of needing further major surgery which would take several more months to recovery from. We were fairly devastated with the news that was delivered to us before Christmas. The surgeons said they would try one last approach...
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