Archive for 'Emergencies'

The Locust Catchers

Posted on 18. Aug, 2007 by Jillian.

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Whenever we seem plagued, there always seems to be a team of people ready to squash our personal locusts.
Our third GSD little guy has had diarrhea for a week. Our youngest little GSD one has had a stuffy nose. On Monday, when transitioning our youngest off of his feeding pump and on to eating from [...]

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Being Prepared

Posted on 29. Jul, 2007 by BMW.

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Just another small example on how the unexpected can happen and give you a sudden spook.
A few nights ago we were getting the kids bathed and ready for bed. The process started out normal enough with the typical herding of kids and trying to keep our 18 month out of anything he can think of [...]

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Emergency Preparation

Posted on 20. Apr, 2007 by Jillian.

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What if there was another tragedy like 9/11? Another natural disaster like Hurricaine Katrina? How would we be able to leave without any notice? It’s important for everyone to be prepared for an emergency. It’s especially important for someone with GSD, and it’s extremely important for four boys with GSD. There are many good resources [...]

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Update

Posted on 13. Mar, 2007 by Jillian.

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Well, our 14 month old is still in the hospital. He has the rotavirus, and we are having difficulty weaning him off the I.V. Everytime we try to gradually drop the I.V. rate, his blood sugar drops below 70 and they have to raise the I.V. rate again. My husband has stayed with him the [...]

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You know you have GSD if…. The E.R. nurse knows you by name- or at least by disease

Posted on 11. Mar, 2007 by Jillian.

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Yesterday our 14 month old got sick. His “normal” friends had a bad fever, and horrible aches and pains. That’s how it started out, but after a few hours we believe his lactate levels rose too high and he began throwing up. We switched gears to giving him a slow gravity feed of one ounce [...]

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