As the title suggests, we had another scare with Evie. A couple of days back, she came down with a mild case of pneumonia. She has very severe asthma also, which makes this quite tricky. She was being treated for it, however late last night she informed me the medication was not helping her to breathe much better. She had a violent coughing fit and was literally gasping for air, so we rushed her into emergency. Once there, they attempted to stabilize her however she soon went into respiratory arrest and had to be intibated. They got her breathing again immediately however for about 30 minutes they were worried she might go into cardiac arrest, due to the massive strain on her heart. It was most distressing.

It took the hospital staff 8 hours to stabilize her to the point where she could breathe without assistance. We have brought her home again, thanks to the lack of beds in our suffering health care system. She is stable but heavily medicated. It was a very tense night. I burst into tears as soon as I arrived home, which is not something I normally do. I will likely not be as active on the forum now for at least a day, Jim and I both require rest from being up all night, and we are keeping a close eye on Evie.