Shock, anger, sadness When we received the news about Isaiah's coronary artery aneurysms we were in shock and disbelief. It was so surreal and I felt like it wasn't really happening. I sat there numbly and listened to the nurse explain that we needed to start giving Isaiah blood thinner by injection twice a day. Even after they went through all of the information with us I still felt like it wasn't happening and that I wouldn't REALLY have to inject my little guy twice a day, would I? In addition to our shock, there was also a lot of anger and sadness. We were always told that because Isaiah was treated within 10 days of the onset of the fever that his chances of developing the aneurysms were less. The questions swirled in our heads. What if the hospital had been more timely in administering each round of treatment? What if they had done another echo before he was discharged? What if they had done a follow-up echo sooner? We are n...
Personal blog documenting the life of a Kawasaki disease survivor, as told by his mother.