Hmm, where to start.. First off I'd like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I honestly can't tell you how wonderful you all have been...
Today we found out that "Boo-Bear" had indeed come incontact with the Rota virus... And the case that she had come down with was very, very severe. Just how severe? Let me give you some examples...
For the last four days, Haley had been stricken with severe, severe diarreah as well as vomitting. And I do mean severe. She'd eat something and in a matter of seconds (usually about 6) she would expel the food out both ends... Thus leading to the critical level of her health.
On Thursday night, she was taken into the ER and treated the same way that any child who had come down with a stomach virus would have been treated... She was given "ivs" for two hours and then sent home... No blood work, no nothing... Blood work would have saved us alot of pain...
Yesterday at about 11:00am, my brother Fred (Haleys father) called me and told me that they were admitting "Boo-Bear" because of dehydration and malnutrition, due to the amount of vomitting and diarreah that she'd been having... She could keep nothing down. By the time that Haley reached the Hospital, she'd lost all strength in her little body, she couldn't even hold her head up... It was that bad. She also, went into a very, very incoherent state... This was because her body was literally shutting down.
By 2:00pm, the Doctors had come to the conclusion that all of Haleys veins had collapsed due to the thickness of Haleys blood at that point.. The minute they tried to "iv" her they vein would "burst"... What a horrible ordeal this was, each and every "poke" was more pain than that little angel should have ever had to have endured.
By this time, my Mother, my brothers mother and father in-law were out in the Hallway comforting my sister in-law (Haleys mama) Leslie.. While me and my father were in the room trying to console my brother while he held his baby girl...
The doctors told us that a normal baby has 30% oxygen in the blood, and Haleys was only at 10% (the lowest ever recorded at that hospital was 8%.. And sadly that baby didnt make it). Time was running out, we were literally watching our angel slip away before our eyes...
I remember looking into "Boos" eyes, and seeing that she had nothing more to give... The will to fight was no longer there and she was hanging on by the will of God alone...
At this time, my father bent over his grand daughter, looked her in the eyes and in a voice that was choking back tears, stated the following "You have to fight baby girl, you can't give up". I'd never seen my pa like that in all my life, it was heartbreaking... I thought for sure that we were going to be robbed of the most precious gift that we'd ever been given. It was a helpless feeling.... A very, very helpless feeling.
Then at that moment, the doctors got a vein that had blood that ran like a faucet... This vein was in Haleys ankle... The only vein in her body that hadn't collapsed. If they didn't find this vein, they would have had to have gone into the bone, and supplied the marrow with the "iv" while the blood was produced... A procedure that we were told would have been very, very drastic to Haley at this point...
The doctors told us that Haley was in a critical state, and that a Heart attack could happen anytime, or any minute... They actually thought that this 11 month old baby girl, would be taken away without anything we could do about it... A scary feeling I tell you, a very, very scary feeling. I wouldn't want a life without the "Boo-Bear"... And I'm just her Uncle.
This morning I was awoken by a phone call at about 6am... It was my brother telling us that Haley had eaten apple sauce, some formula and hadn't thrown up at all.. I remeber saying to myself "Lord, you've gotten us this far, please don't let us loose her now... Please stand by our side". I felt like it was a game of cat and mouse... And anytime the cat could strike...
At about 11am, my brother showed up at our House, and we all went over to see Boo together... He told me and my younger brother that Haley was still beat up, and wasn't doing anything that she usually did... So we weren't supposed to be too upset when we saw her... This was going to be very, very hard.
I remember walking into the Room where Boo was, and seeing Leslie and my bros mother in-law sitting on the bed looking at the "Bear"... I looked over at her, and immediately she waved and smiled (I get choked up just thinking about this). Just a day ago, Haley was literally at deaths door, we were honestly watching her slip by us and could do nothing about it.. but now here she is, smiling, pointing, peekabooing, and waving... Like she always had... 
On this last blood test, the oxygen level was at 22%, which was considered lower normal... Imagine this, from 10% to 22% in one night... God has his ways, I tell you.. He has his ways...
Today at 5:00pm, my brothers doctors gave him and my sister in-law the okay to take Haley home... They said that she'd recover soo much faster outside of the hospital. Since then she's eaten apple sauce, formula and other things on the brat diet... She hasn't thrown up at all, and I pray to God thats how it will stay...
It is now 12:49am, and the Boo bear has managed to keep everything down... I thank God for all he has done..
We witnessed a miracle today here folks... And this miracle was all thanks to you all for helping us out with the prayers and kind thoughts...
YOU literally helped us save an earthbound angel and for that we will be eternally grateful...
We ALL prayed and he listend!!! Thank you all for joining hands with us in this most of trying times!!!
Thank you ALL so very, very much... For everything. I honestly can't say it enough!!! Thank you all so much...
God Bless YOU ALL!!!
On behalf of the Agnew family,
- Richie Agnew
Attached is a picture of the "Boo-Bear"
The doctors are now fearing that Haley has come incontact with the Roto Virus, a gastro virus that can be very, very deadly to infant children, especially with the dehydration that comes as a result...
