Aug 282008
My newest grandson, not yet three months, is in hospital with bronchiolitis. It’s a viral illness, common enough in infants, and not usually serious. In his case, however, although he’s now mending well, there were some complications. He’s hooked up to an oxygen supply and an antibiotic drip. His foot connects him to a device which monitors his blood oxygen level. When he cries, or otherwise struggles for breath the readout turns red and an alarm begins to sound, quietly at first, like a discreet cough.
Before I set out for the hospital today, I was reading Johnson’s notes on his 1775 journey to France.
Sunday, Oct. 29. We saw the boarding-school,-The Enfants trouv