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Category: Anthony
Anthony Bissell
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Anthony has never had a very good airway. When he first joined our family in 2000, I remember listening to him snore while sleeping and thinking he may need a tracheostomy some day. But we managed his airway with positioning, occasional oral suctioning and Anthony’s nice strong cough. Even though he did sometimes have trouble…
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Anthony is 19 years old today. This is the earliest photo we have of him. He joined our family when he was 6 years old and no photos came with him. His social worker gave me this photo from his file when we adopted him. I love this photo. I bet he was an adorable…
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Anthony has become a popular guy at the UMass PICU, and I am now the Foursquare “Mayor” of UMass. This means we’ve both been spending way too much time in the hospital. Here is the latest update on Anthony. On Wednesday Anthony began to rally. They had him on several antibiotics and cultured everything imaginable.…
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On Friday, we removed Anthony’s PICC line and discontinued the TPN. That’s the good news. Unfortunately, the same day he spiked a fever and became congested. On Saturday, it became clear that we had a very sick boy on our hands. Because of his congestion and fever, he was started on antibiotics via his J-tube.…
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I left off last Tuesday when we were waiting for discharge from the hospital. We were literally discharged and on our way out the door when the nurse decided to give Anthony a dose of Flagyl (an antibiotic drug), so that he would not miss a dose. The Flagyl was very thick, sticky and gritty…