Well, we had quite a night last night. On Wednesday, Asher woke up with a froggy sounding voice, and a bunch of "junk" in his chest. We could hear it rattling around in there, but he couldn't manage to cough and clear it up.
When Nathan got home last night, Asher had gotten worse ... breathing in short, fast breaths that sounded very labored. Nate immediately ran him over to the clinic, where poor Ash was given a steriod injection and some kind of nebulizer (breathing treatment). The poor little man had croup. The docs didn't like how he sounded, so they had us take him to the hospital overnight. I can't even tell you how frightening it was to get this phone call at work!! I was panicked! I met my boys at the hospital within minutes and there was my poor little Ash, getting into his hospital gown and just crying his eyes out. Thus began a loooong night. I stayed in Asher's room overnight and hardly slept as I kept an eye on his oxygen/heart rate monitors. Everytime he would move, or cough, the numbers would dip and the warning lights would flash -- you can imagine how much sleep I got. Very little!
But the good news is that Ash was discharged this morning at around 10 a.m. He had a fairly good night and never needed oxygen. According to his doctor, this kind of thing can happen to kids his age, with the kind of weather we've been having. (more snow yesterday AND today). He's still on the steriods, but it's nice to see him back to normal -- breathing fine as he plays with his toys and smiles at us. (These pictures were taken just an hour ago) It was a hectic night as a parent. But we were blessed and all came though it alright! Thanks to everyone who sent us well wishes and notes/calls of concern! We appreciated the support!
4 comments:
Scary!! Poor little guy. I bet he was glad to have his mommy there.
poor guy! glad to hear he's feeling better. there's nothing more sad than seeing your child in the hospital.
I'm sorry Asher wasn't feeling well...that's scary! Isaac spend a couple days in the hospital with pneumonia when he was 6 months old (he had an IV in his head ... cause they couldn't get a line in anywhere else!). It was the same thing as your situation, only reversed, as I'd taken Isaac to the clinic cause I thought something was a little "off" and they rushed us over to hospital. I still remember calling Joel and telling him to meet us there ... we had no idea he was so sick. Isaac has also taken lots of steroids and has a nebulizer machine at home, which we've become pros at using. Fortunately, this is the first winter he hasn't needed it. I'm glad Asher's doing well...he looks like he's been his normal self! See you Sunday!
Love you, sister. We are so thankful our little man is fine and healthy. Leon wants to know if continued steroid use will enable Ash to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
I said, no.
To which he said, bummer.
;-)
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