Yesterday morning brought back with it many memories of when Ben was just two weeks old.
He went to bed on Saturday night with a cough and woke up Sunday morning with some pretty bad wheezing and chest retractions. I called the urgent care and made an appointment for 12:45. It didn't take long before I realized that waiting too much longer would be a bad idea. I called back and they said that I could bring him in right then but would have to wait a while there. I'll tell you though, I didn't have to wait. The nurse took one look at him, listened to him and went to get the doctor right away. The doctor came in, also took one look at him and said he needed to head to the hospital. He was pretty sure he would be spending a couple of days in the hospital. His breathing was very worrisome! We didn't need an ambulance but we were to not take our time either.
Not long after we arrived Ben was hooked up to the pulse/ox machine. He wasn't too bad but lower then they like to see. Actually a few times he was at 89% which is exactly where he was when he had the RSV. Before the breathing treatments he was between 89% and 93%. Once they gave him the treatments he went back up to normal at around 98%.
He was tested for RSV and the flu in addition to having a chest x-ray. All of the above came back negative, yeah! I really thought he had RSV again, this is one time I am glad I was wrong!
He had two breathing treatments, one shot of steroids, and a dose of tamiflu (which I am not sure was necessary). Many hours later with 4 prescriptions in hand we left the hospital and headed to the pharmacy.
I am so thankful that the breathing treatments worked! I am so thankful that he didn't need any oxygen! I am so thankful that we didn't need to spend three days in the hospital! I am so thankful for health insurance too!
Yesterday brought back so many memories but luckily this time things were much better then the last time!
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