It is so sad when kids are sick. Yesterday after we got back from a play date at a ward members house (The Larsen's), Tyler started acting like he was sick. He climbed into my lab and fell asleep. Then after his nap he woke up with a fever. So since he had a cold for a couple of weeks, I thought that he might have an ear infection. I thought that maybe I should take Josh too because he started coughing a lot that day and sounded like he was kind of wheezing. The nurse and Tony kind of talked me out of taking Josh because he had no fever, so I just took Tyler. Turned out that Tyler didn't have an ear infection. His doctor thought that he was just getting a new sickness. So that was good to know. Then this morning when Josh woke up he sounded terrible. He was so stuffy and the wheezing was worse, so I called the doctors first thing. I got an appointment for 10:20 am and me and the two boys headed over there.
When we got there we saw an ambulance in the parking lot and I thought that was kind of weird. Then while we were waiting to see the doctor another ambulance came and the people brought the bed in and went in the back. So that was way weird too. So when we got called in the nurse told us that they already sent two kids to Primary's Children's Hospital and didn't want to send any more. Ummm, AMEN!!! I sure didn't want to have to send Josh to the hospital in an ambulance!!! So they checked his oxygen level and said that it was pretty low. So they had Josh do a breathing treatment with a nebulizer. His oxygen levels got better after the treatment, so they said that was good. So Josh has RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). I hardly go any where or do anything and yet my kids still get sick. I guess that is just life. So the doctor sent us home with a nebulizer machine of our own and a prescription for medicine to put in it. So we have to do the breathing treatment every 3-4 hours, even through the night. Josh does really well with the treatments so far. He is such a champ. He is still a happy kid and in general has a good temperament through all this. Which has really made me feel a little better about this whole thing. I know that we are just starting this journey and I just hope and pray that we can help him at home and he wont have to go to the hospital. That would just break my heart. I tear up just thinking about it. My poor baby!
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Oh Michelle! I Empathize. Izy got RV in November and still shen she gets colds or anything we have to do teh breathing treatments. They aren't her favorite but she does them okay. I am so sorry but I am glad that you took him in early enough that you could take care of it at home.
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