At the end of August we were fishing in the High Uintah Mountains in Utah. Our other little boy Drake, who is 2 had a rash on his cheeks. Both Jannell and I thought it was a sunburn from our time outside in the mountains. We noticed a slight rash on his shoulders as well and decided it would be best to take him to a Pediatrician just to be safe. Jannell walked in to Pediatricians office with Drake, the Pediatrician told Jannell that he has "Fifth Disease". We had never heard of the virus and we were surprised, it is a virus that is passed like a cold which creates a rash in children, and cold like symptoms which last about 1-2 weeks and then go away.
Drakes Pediatrician said that it is a virus that just needs to run its course, but since Jannell was pregnant she needed to have her blood tested right away. If she passes the virus to the baby it could be harmful to his health. Sure enough the virus was passed to our baby Trev. (Which had a less than 1% chance to be passed to Trev) and he became very sick and required a blood transfusion while still in Jannells tummy. They place a needle inside of the umbilical chord to transfuse new blood, unfortunately this went wrong and caused a blood clot in Jannells umbilical chord. Trevs heart stopped beating and they rushed Jannell to labor and delivery for an emergency C section. They delivered Trev in 4 minutes (new hospital delivery record) and he has been in the NICU ever since fighting for his little life!
Drakes Pediatrician said that it is a virus that just needs to run its course, but since Jannell was pregnant she needed to have her blood tested right away. If she passes the virus to the baby it could be harmful to his health. Sure enough the virus was passed to our baby Trev. (Which had a less than 1% chance to be passed to Trev) and he became very sick and required a blood transfusion while still in Jannells tummy. They place a needle inside of the umbilical chord to transfuse new blood, unfortunately this went wrong and caused a blood clot in Jannells umbilical chord. Trevs heart stopped beating and they rushed Jannell to labor and delivery for an emergency C section. They delivered Trev in 4 minutes (new hospital delivery record) and he has been in the NICU ever since fighting for his little life!
We love you buddy!
ReplyDeleteDave and Jannell .... I want you kids to know how much all of us love and support you .... in addition I want to tell you I believe almost every police agency and officers in the Salt Lake Valley are following Trev .... they wanted me to tell you kids if you need anything please ask ... we are all here for you guys and little Trev.
ReplyDeleteI love you .... Dad