Last Friday we were instructed to get Norah’s sodium levels rechecked since they have been low since the week before. I ended up not getting to the lab for her blood draw till around 3:30 so the results were not read until Monday morning. That’s when we got the call to go back to the ER due to low sodium again. When we got to the ER they started an IV in her hand (which is always brutal because like me, the veins in her hand are hard to get to) and checked her levels again. This time they were up to 127, and the normal range is 134-145. While they were low, it was an increase from Friday’s results. The GI doctor decided to try changing the dosage on her mess rather than admit us, and we were told to get more labs either late Tuesday or early Wednesday morning. We thought, “Thank God, we aren’t being admitted!”

Not so fast…

I took Norah for a blood draw at 3:30 Tuesday since she was due for her 6 month well check at the pediatrician later on Wednesday morning. By 9:30am Wednesday we had already gotten another call to return to the ER and we would almost definitely be admitted this time. Fast forward to today, Saturday, July 18, and we are still here, at Sunrise Hospital. To make a long story short, Norah’s sodium levels keep bouncing up and down and don’t seem to want to stabilize. She has had at least 10 blood draws, and up until Saturday they were able to do so through her IV line. Unfortunately the IV clotted that morning and so they had to poke her. Not once, not twice, but 4 times in order to get enough blood. I know the primary concern is low sodium, but I’m getting worried about her hemoglobin levels and the veins themselves after so many blood draws!