Just when you think things can't get any worse, you get a slap in the face.
I was thinking we were on the downhill side of my kids being sick. NOT SO! Hunter woke up Saturday morning coughing and wheezing. This is SOOOOO not a good sign for Hunter. Hunter suffers from Asthma and a narrow trachea. So we immediately started the breathing treatments. He gets 6 treatments of Albuterol (steroid that helps open the airways) and 2 treatments of Pulmicort Respules (an asthma medication, anti-inflammatory). As the day wore on, Hunter's breathing got worse, he was starting to get weak and fevering. As Zane and I were trying to decide what would be better, give him another treatment of Pulmicort or take him to the ER. As we were discussing this, Hunter looked at Zane and said "Me go dah er, Dada." Obviously, that was our deciding factor.
When we got to the ER, the doctor on call was at the nurses desk writing orders for another ER patient and heard Hunter breathing and coughing. Nurse Heather came in with a special breathing treatment of Decadron and some other BIG long wordy medication. Before she gave him the treatment, she timed his breathing. He was breathing at 50-60 breaths-per-minute! 50-60 BPM!!! Normal for his age is 30 BPM. Poor little guy, I felt so bad for him. After the doctor had come in and examined Hunter, Nurse Heather came back with ANOTHER round of Decadron, this time orally. Hunter also had to have blood work for a CBC and a chest x-ray. Both of those came back negative for any bacterial/viral infection.
After sitting in the ER for about an hour, the doctor came in and told us he didn't feel comfortable sending Hunter home because he was still struggling...breathing really fast and hard and was suffering from Strider, along with the asthma. Right after I got Hunter settled in his room, 2 nurses came in with 2 shots, another dose of Decadron and Rosefin.
All the Decadron in his little system really had him agitated. Poor little guy had such a restless night. After being asleep for about 20-30 minutes, he would wake up screaming, arch his back, put his finger in his mouth and start shaking uncontrollably. The first time it happened, I called for a nurse and she said he was having a side affect of the medication.
He woke up Sunday and was my happy little Hunter. Wanting to move CONSTANTLY. Throughout the day, we went on many walks, watched a couple Disney movies, played with his cars, colored, walked some more.
The doctor wanted to watch him overnight again Sunday night. We got home about 9:30 this morning. He is still breathing a little hard and fast, but nothing we can't control at home. First thing he wanted to do when we got home was play with his MANY tractors. The doctor said he was okay to go to school since he isn't sick, so we took him to school a little bit ago. He was so excited to walk in his classroom and see all of his friends and his teacher.
Keeping our fingers crossed we don't have to do this again.
I was thinking we were on the downhill side of my kids being sick. NOT SO! Hunter woke up Saturday morning coughing and wheezing. This is SOOOOO not a good sign for Hunter. Hunter suffers from Asthma and a narrow trachea. So we immediately started the breathing treatments. He gets 6 treatments of Albuterol (steroid that helps open the airways) and 2 treatments of Pulmicort Respules (an asthma medication, anti-inflammatory). As the day wore on, Hunter's breathing got worse, he was starting to get weak and fevering. As Zane and I were trying to decide what would be better, give him another treatment of Pulmicort or take him to the ER. As we were discussing this, Hunter looked at Zane and said "Me go dah er, Dada." Obviously, that was our deciding factor.
When we got to the ER, the doctor on call was at the nurses desk writing orders for another ER patient and heard Hunter breathing and coughing. Nurse Heather came in with a special breathing treatment of Decadron and some other BIG long wordy medication. Before she gave him the treatment, she timed his breathing. He was breathing at 50-60 breaths-per-minute! 50-60 BPM!!! Normal for his age is 30 BPM. Poor little guy, I felt so bad for him. After the doctor had come in and examined Hunter, Nurse Heather came back with ANOTHER round of Decadron, this time orally. Hunter also had to have blood work for a CBC and a chest x-ray. Both of those came back negative for any bacterial/viral infection.
After sitting in the ER for about an hour, the doctor came in and told us he didn't feel comfortable sending Hunter home because he was still struggling...breathing really fast and hard and was suffering from Strider, along with the asthma. Right after I got Hunter settled in his room, 2 nurses came in with 2 shots, another dose of Decadron and Rosefin.
All the Decadron in his little system really had him agitated. Poor little guy had such a restless night. After being asleep for about 20-30 minutes, he would wake up screaming, arch his back, put his finger in his mouth and start shaking uncontrollably. The first time it happened, I called for a nurse and she said he was having a side affect of the medication.
He woke up Sunday and was my happy little Hunter. Wanting to move CONSTANTLY. Throughout the day, we went on many walks, watched a couple Disney movies, played with his cars, colored, walked some more.
The doctor wanted to watch him overnight again Sunday night. We got home about 9:30 this morning. He is still breathing a little hard and fast, but nothing we can't control at home. First thing he wanted to do when we got home was play with his MANY tractors. The doctor said he was okay to go to school since he isn't sick, so we took him to school a little bit ago. He was so excited to walk in his classroom and see all of his friends and his teacher.
Keeping our fingers crossed we don't have to do this again.
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Yikes.....you guys never have a dull moment! I hope he gets feeling better!
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