Monday, August 27, 2012

ER visit

Last night I ended up taking Wes to the ER because he was having an asthma attack and the Nebulizer Albuterol wasn't working. Jon stayed home and went to bed with Ella so he could go to work tomorrow and Wes and I headed out. We waited for a short while, then we got assessed by a nurse, she didn't like what she saw so she got us a room right away we had a nurse come in and put stickers on his chest and monitors on his finger then the respiratory specialist came in and assessed his condition. Just as she was finishing up, the DR came in and did an assessment too. They both put him at an "11" (no idea what that means) and said that a 9 or 10 will put you in the ER, so it was good that I brought him. The Dr was concerned and said we needed to get him on an hour long breathing treatment, and get an IV started, also a chest x-ray. He said he would see what he could do, but I was looking at AT LEAST 3-4 hours in the ER and most likely he would need to be admitted to the hospital. So The Respiratory nurse got him started on a cocktail of nebulizer drugs and then a nurse came in a put an IV in his little arm and started him on 3 IV drugs. After his breathing treatment was done the Dr came and looked at him again and said he was doing better but not enough better. They came back in an hour and saw a bit of improvement and again in 1.5 hours they came back and said he was doing much much better than they expecting. The DR said that most times little kids his age and condition get admitted but the drugs they gave Wes turned him around very well and he cleared us to go home. So now we have an Asthma diagnosis and a bunch of medicine for the next couple of days. He has to stay in the house for the rest of the day and keep calm. Hopefully, he will be able to resume normal activity tomorrow. I am SO. TIRED. We got home just after 4 am and Wes woke me back up at 9:30, how will I make it through the day?? Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket He is feeling MUCH better this morning! Photobucket

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