we started off in the right direction. it had been a long night of neb treatments every three hours, but grady and i took turns and it seemed to pay off. the dude was sounding better, not 100%, but better than the day before. we went in for our check-up and dr. rodriguez agreed he sounded better, but had a long way to go before he was completely better. like 4 weeks or so to go!!! oi vey!
she liked that he was sounding better and told us we could continue the pulmacort and oral steroids, but to try and give the albuterol every 4-6 hours now instead of every 3.
morning and afternoon passes. still had to give neb treatments every 3 hours as the dude would start to sound worse at the 3 hour mark. then finally, at 6pm, only 2 hours after his last treatment, he was sounding worse again and i could see a little retraction again. not good! so i call the doctor and ask if i could bring him in for them to check him out, just to make sure he's okay.
we head to the doctor, dr. fernandez looks and listens to him and says the dreaded words "you need to head to the ER!!!!" mwrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! they give the dude another neb treatment to hold him over until we get to the ER, then we get in the car and head over.
by 7 we're back in the pediatrics triage room and the doctor was super nice. she agreed with everything our doctors had told us to do previously with medications and treatments, and was glad i thought to bring him back in to be checked. they gave him another type of neb treatment (not albuterol, but can't remember the name of the medicine) and it REALLY helped clear him up. the doctor wanted me to feed him and try to get him to fall asleep though so she could observe him a little more.
apparently, when little dudes (and dudettes) fall asleep the oxygen absorption level can sometimes drop. and that's exactly what graham's did. :( it dropped pretty low, to like 86, and the doctor started him on oxygen right away. i wasn't quite sure what to think because the dude was fast asleep and he looked normal. i guess thoughts of 'how long has this been going on' were running through my head and i started to feel a little guilty. oxygen definitely helped bring the absorption levels up, but unfortunately that meant we were going to have to be admitted to the hospital for overnight observation!
the dude has definitely been a trooper through everything so far. couldn't have asked for a better boy!
this is the dude sleeping with just oxygen coming through his cool dragon mask!
by 7 we're back in the pediatrics triage room and the doctor was super nice. she agreed with everything our doctors had told us to do previously with medications and treatments, and was glad i thought to bring him back in to be checked. they gave him another type of neb treatment (not albuterol, but can't remember the name of the medicine) and it REALLY helped clear him up. the doctor wanted me to feed him and try to get him to fall asleep though so she could observe him a little more.
apparently, when little dudes (and dudettes) fall asleep the oxygen absorption level can sometimes drop. and that's exactly what graham's did. :( it dropped pretty low, to like 86, and the doctor started him on oxygen right away. i wasn't quite sure what to think because the dude was fast asleep and he looked normal. i guess thoughts of 'how long has this been going on' were running through my head and i started to feel a little guilty. oxygen definitely helped bring the absorption levels up, but unfortunately that meant we were going to have to be admitted to the hospital for overnight observation!
the dude has definitely been a trooper through everything so far. couldn't have asked for a better boy!
this is the dude sleeping with just oxygen coming through his cool dragon mask!
This pucture just breaks my heart!! He looks so sweet, and yet so little!! Glad for a happy ending!
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