Another round...

"We have exhausted all our efforts here, the next step is have him transported to Phoenix Children's ICU, the ambulance will be here in about 20 minutes. Do you have any questions?"

Yeah, I have questions, a great deal of questions. This little beginning intro came from the ER doctor at the hospital next to our house to start the week. A little runny nose Monday turned into another fun hospital stay for us this week. This time was different, I thought that he would have to be admitted for one night, not transported from one hospital in an ambulance to another.

I feel at this point I am back to square one with this situation, we know all his allergies and avoid them...we are proactive in his diet, we eat as organic as possible and read every label that enters the house...we have tried several aspects of the doctors advice...and here we are. He has asthma, I get it...he has allergies, I get it. However, the way in which he gets into distress, the unbelievable rate in which this happens, the way in which his stomach expands and his rib cage seems to shrink, the fact that there are no warning signs before he is beginning to turn pale...these things leave me with this feeling that there is more to what is going on his body that has not been discovered yet. Answers that I am determined to find. I have plans to take him to a naturalpath doctor at a co-op clinic where his chiropractor is taking her practice to, she doesn't start to take patients until April 20, so I am going to see if I can move this up...the doctors at the hospital want to fill him up with meds and I don't' want that in his body...again this discussion took place, and again I was "wrong"...I am his mother, I know how he reacts, and these medicines that fill his body take him into a worse state for about 36 hours before there is even an ounce of recovery signs. I know when it is out of my hands, that is why we end up at the hospital, I believe that you do what works for you, and for Griffin, this path is not right for him. So I am going to be on a mission in the next few weeks and try and get answers for this precious little boy, answers that I don't believe we have. With those answers I am looking to find solutions that work for him in a healthy, safe, secure way...