I came home from work today to find that Tennyson, my seven year old, was having trouble breathing. He'd had a cough for a few days, but since it's winter we'd assumed it was a cold. It took a more serious turn today.
They've admitted him to a research hospital, and x-rays confirmed he has pneumonia. The Duchess is with him now -- we'll be alternating shifts there for the next 5-7 days. There's a possibility we'll need to evacuate him to a country with a more modern health system.
He was pretty scared when we said goodbye this evening. Please be in prayer both for his health and for his time in the hospital. Also pray for me as I navigate the medical establishment here, which is still more than a little Soviet. Thanks.
Posted by Discoshaman at février 3, 2005 01:15 AM | TrackBack
Hi, just wanted to let you I'll pray for your son. I'm a college student in Texas who spent the summer of 2003 in Kiev and started reading your blog during the revolution...and I've loved reading the stories about your sons as well! I know it must be scary to have a child that sick, especially in Kiev. God bless...
Posted by: Sarah at février 2, 2005 10:32 PMHello Discoshaman and the Duchess - I'm with you,
Valerie
fedex antibiotics? If not - Vienna
Stay With Him - Always.
Posted by: blackminorcapullets at février 2, 2005 11:00 PMMy thoughts and prayers are with your family at this time.
Posted by: FH at février 2, 2005 11:17 PMDisco, Tennyson, your family and you are in my prayers and I will be thinking of all of you often. Try to keep your spirits up, he is young, healthy and strong.
Posted by: Hello at février 2, 2005 11:20 PMPraying here too - we've had a child hospitalized for serious pneumonia before. I have an idea of how scary this is for you all. Will continue to pray.
Posted by: Megan at février 2, 2005 11:26 PMTulipGirl and Discoshaman, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Please keep us posted!
{{{Candleman98}}}
Posted by: Steve at février 2, 2005 11:49 PMPraying for you all. Please keep us updated as much as is possible....
Posted by: rebecca at février 2, 2005 11:49 PMDisco, Duchess and family you are in my prayers and the prayers of my friends and family. Is there anything material that we can do to help? Please keep us posted on Tennyson's condition (and yours) so we will know how to pray. I'll be checking the blog even more often.
Posted by: Greg at février 2, 2005 11:57 PMYikes! Yup, Kim and I will be praying.
Posted by: Reid at février 3, 2005 12:08 AMPraying here!
Posted by: Anne at février 3, 2005 12:17 AMI hope he'll get better very soon and there'll be no need to either stay at a Kyiv hospital or take him elsewhere.
My warmest wishes to you and your family,
Veronica
Praying for you all here. Remembering many nights in the hospital with our son and praying for you harder!
Posted by: Liza Q at février 3, 2005 12:58 AMTulipgirl, Discoshaman -
may I offer my best wishes for your son. This is a serious illness. Blackminorcapullets is right. If there are any obstacles you may try to get antibiotics by aircourier - since you are in Kiev, maybe the US embassy could also be of assistacne. Finally there's always Vienna....
Tennison - Get well soon !
MAXX (from Austria)
FYI: I'll be liveblogging the State of the Union Address at my site.
Posted by: Protagonist at février 3, 2005 02:51 AMPoor kid! We're praying for all of you here in Detroit!
Ksenia
Posted by: ksenia at février 3, 2005 03:01 AMMy sincerest wishes for your son. I just said a prayer for him.
Posted by: Protagonist at février 3, 2005 03:24 AMPraying for y'all.
Posted by: Missy at février 3, 2005 03:27 AMDisco,
Praying for you. By the way, did you know there are a few more-or-less western-style clinics in Kiev? Some are more, some are less. Once my son was sick in Kiev and he got very good care from a clinic not far from Lukyanivska metro. Not that expensive, considering.
God bless.
Posted by: Joe St at février 3, 2005 03:32 AMI'm praying!
Posted by: Knitted_in_the_womb at février 3, 2005 03:55 AMWe're praying here too. May God bring healing quickly and strengthen your son and your family!
Posted by: Jared Bridges at février 3, 2005 04:19 AMDear Disco
He is a lovely kid and I will be praying .I know he is tough.
Will be lifting Tennyson, and all the family, up to the LORD. Keep us posted, please!
Posted by: Anne from Fort Worth at février 3, 2005 06:37 AMJoe St-
Yep, that's the American Medical Clinic -- Yushchenko was treated there initially for the dioxin. Unfortunately, they outsource for hospitalization. . . I'm talking to Borys Clinic today, because they have a small hospital. We'll see if they work with this sort of thing. Thanks for the advice, btw.
Posted by: Discoshaman at février 3, 2005 07:21 AMPraying for your son and your family in this situation ...
Posted by: Bud Brown at février 3, 2005 11:52 AMPraying for Tennyson and the rest of the family...
Posted by: kristen at février 3, 2005 01:51 PMYou got an army on their knees, Disco and Tulip!
Posted by: Brian Greenwell at février 3, 2005 05:10 PMmy prayers are with you......
Posted by: mark at février 3, 2005 05:33 PMThank you so much for your prayers and encouragement.
Posted by: The Duchess at février 3, 2005 07:09 PM