Conor Is Home From the Hospital!

Above Conor, and Mom, in the bottom pic,  on the way home. Conor's Mom stayed at the hospital with him 24/7,  for 2 weeks Dad spelled her off at times and the nursing students also sat with Conor and gave Mom some breaks once he was moved from the Intensive Care Unit to a room in Pediatrics. In the grainy pic below (taken in dark lighting) Conor rests at home on one of our living room cozy couches. Conor is home! After 2 weeks in the hospital, including 6 days in intensive care, it feels great to have our buddy home with us. Yesterday I told Conor I would be back at 8 am this morning to take him home.  I arrived at 7:55 am and Conor Was waiting in the door way of his room ready to go home. We really didn't know for the first few days if he would survive.  His negative reaction to the anti-seizure medication Lamotrogine resulted in a condition called Rhabdomyolysis which is as bad as it sounds.  Essentially, as I understand it the muscles break down and can cause renal (kidney) failure. Conor is home now, safe and healthy. We all have lots of work ahead doing phsyio  with Conor as he recovers strength and coordination. Conor has shown substantial improvement each of the last several days and we are very optimistic that our Run, Jump, Fly boy will be back before too long.  There are many, many people to thank for Conor's well being today. There are literally so many: all the hospital medical, nursing and su...
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