Home Again!

For those of you who did not know, McKenzy spent the the beginning of the week, Sunday -Wednesday, in the hospital with pneumonia. Yes, you read that right, McKenzy, NOT Keyan! She woke up Sunday from a nap having a hard time breathing. Luckily, Paul and I went with our guts and I took off to Zeeland's ER. By the time I entered the building, the nurse grabbed her from me because she was blue. Talk about scaring a Mom! They admitted her to Zeeland hospital that evening. Thru the night, she continued to need more and more oxygen so the doctors transfereed her to Spectum by ambulance Monday morning. By Tuesday she had begun to stabalize and was able to come home on lots of medication Wednesday evening. She was so happy to be home. After the doctors told her she could go home, she told everyone that came into her room,"I going home today!" I called home to let them know that we were being discharged and my Mom put the other girls on speaker phone to say hello to McKenzy. As soon as she heard their voices, she started sobbing. When the girls at home heard her crying, they followed suit. It never ceases to amaze me how close they really are. After being initally elated to have McKenzy home, it did not take everyone long to realize that McKenzy after 4 days of IV steroids was not all that fun. Steroids make the best of us crabby, and since Kenzy tends to be quite emotional anyways, it has been very hard on her as well as the rest of us. This picture sort of represents how her sisters felt after a short time. Keyan went right back to her usual routine, Sidney was quite annoyed by McKenzy's screaming, and Abbagayle could not believe she ever missed McKenzy being gone! All kidding aside, it was a very frightening four days and we are glad she is feeling better and home to make our house full.