Even though we have four kids, we find ourselves still traveling down new roads with our fourth. Today's new road was a trip to the ER. This last week Tucker, Rigley and I have been fighting a cold. Rigley's cold seemed to be more in his chest but was having no fever and seemed to be taking it all in stride. Both Josh and I thought that he was feeling better Friday evening. Rigley woke up about 1:30 this morning to eat. When I went up to get him he was warm with a bit of a fever. After feeding him and listening to him breathe I figured he and I would camp out in the recliner. He was very restless. He could not get comfortable and was coughing more and more. His breathing was so labored and it was starting to worry me. None of the other kids have ever had this so this was new territory...and what happened with my cousin Isaac I'm a afraid to let anything go too far. So....off to the ER we went.
The thing about him is he could still smile at you and the other kids but didn't feel well. He did very well at the ER. He smiled and flirted with all the nurses. While we were there he received a breathing treatment of Albuterol, got an X-ray and tested positive for RSV.
This was him sitting with his daddy waiting to be dismissed. So far today he has had three treatments and is resting much better. He is such a happy boy even when he is feeling terrible.
And now he gets to have these treatments every 4-6 hours...lucky us! Rigley doesn't mind them too much. The older kids like to get in front of him and sing so maybe this helps distract him enough to get the medicine in.
Oh goodness! That is never fun. Next time something is going on, send a text or something! I feel like I am missing all kinds of information... I'm glad you took him in and he is on the road to recovery. :-) Sweet baby boy!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Emily! I feel so out of the loop! I'm glad he's better. Those breathing treaments are no fun! His apparatus looks different than Ryker's and a bit easier to use, so hopefully he handles them well. :-)
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