here i am late at night giving clara a breathing treatment.
she started getting a cough on tuesday night and by wednesday evening, nathan and i both knew it wasn't good. i took her to the doctor's office on thursday morning and the doc said it was definitely a croupy cough, but everything else looked and sounded okay. they gave her a steroid shot and said that it shouldn't get any worse, but if it did, to give them a call.
on friday when i got home, she was asleep, but i could tell her breathing was different. when she woke up, i checked her chest and she had some retraction. i took her back to the doctor's office where they checked her oxygen level and it was low. they also checked her ears, nose and throat and she had ear infections in both ears. they did a breathing treatment there and were able to get her oxygen back up to the point that i could take her home, and they also gave her a shot of antibiotic because it was after 10 pm at this point and i would have had to wait until morning to get a prescription. i didn't want to wait, i wanted to get her better right away.
so we got set-up with a nebulizer(sp?) at home and are doing breathing treatments with her. she has been such a cutie this whole time though - never really acting very sick and just basically being her smiley self. i am so thankful that we caught this before it got much worse. she seems to be healing rather quickly.
on friday when i got home, she was asleep, but i could tell her breathing was different. when she woke up, i checked her chest and she had some retraction. i took her back to the doctor's office where they checked her oxygen level and it was low. they also checked her ears, nose and throat and she had ear infections in both ears. they did a breathing treatment there and were able to get her oxygen back up to the point that i could take her home, and they also gave her a shot of antibiotic because it was after 10 pm at this point and i would have had to wait until morning to get a prescription. i didn't want to wait, i wanted to get her better right away.
so we got set-up with a nebulizer(sp?) at home and are doing breathing treatments with her. she has been such a cutie this whole time though - never really acting very sick and just basically being her smiley self. i am so thankful that we caught this before it got much worse. she seems to be healing rather quickly.
Get better little Clara! Shane and I noticed she was being so good but just not herself last night.
ReplyDeleteI hope she gets better soon. It is no fun having a sick baby!
ReplyDeletethat rsv is nasty stuff- glad you didn't have to suffer at the hospitat (its not fun)hope she gets better ASAP :)
ReplyDeleteThat is awful:( We just did that with Morgan but hers led to the hospital because hers went from croup-massive ear infection-to pneumonia. On top she was so severley dehydrated she had to have in IV. Hope she feels better soon.
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