Update 2021-09-01 10:45 AM

Evangeline was admitted back to the hospital yesterday.  Her seizure activity has been deteriorating for a little while now and we were hoping to make it to a neurology doctor’s appointment that was scheduled for yesterday afternoon.  Yesterday morning we discovered that her heart was racing – our pulse ox was pegged out at 250 beats per minute!  Upon taking her to the ER their equipment registered over 270 beats per minute.  The doctors prepared and delivered a drug that they were hopeful would bring that rate down.  Thankfully, immediately upon administration, it worked as expected and her heart rate slowed.

Evangeline experienced “supraventricular tachycardia” which is when the electrical impulses to the heart go crazy causing the racing that we observed.  The drug administered is supposed to reset those electrical impulses and we are thankful that it worked.  The cardiac care team will be evaluating her over the next several days to determine what, if anything, needs to be done currently. 

As you may imagine, when entering the hospital during this era of COVID we were concerned about room availability.  We were told that the hospital has been full “for weeks”.  God provided a room for us late yesterday afternoon and Dad was able to get Mom and Evangeline settled.

Mom has reported that Evangeline is resting comfortably this morning.  She has continued to have more seizures than is normal for her but, all in all, she is doing well.  In all candor, Evangeline is as healthy as she ever has been when being admitted to the hospital.  Our primary concern is addressing the neurological issues that are driving a decrease in physical activity and an increase in seizure activity. 

Our prayer is that this will be a short stay.  Please pray with us in that direction.  Thank you!