F/U to Trip to ER or My weekend just got better and better

vanverth

Well, went to see the doctor who was covering for my doctor Friday morning.  Michael is coughing and wheezing.  The doctor was great and thorough.  He said he could hear "rowles (sp?)" in his lungs and that indicated that he had pnemonia in both lungs.  They put the oxygen sat monitor on his finger and it read 74%.  They put an oxygen mask on him and walked him down the hall and up the elevator to have him admitted to the hospital.  (His appointment was at 10:30 and we were sitting in the hospital room getting a breathing treatment at 11:30.)  They had to stick him twice to get an IV in and three times to get blood (poor little baby.)  Tim showed up with his neice (dead car battery) at noon.  He brought clothes for himself but for some reason thought that I would be going home Friday night to sleep???!!!!!!  The next two days are a blurr but the highlights are Michael's IV in his arm coming out of the vein and filling up his tissues in his arm with fluid (He looked like a lopsided Popeye.)  Three more sticks before he got an IV in his foot.  That ment that he could not stand up because the IV might come out, which it did this morning and left blood all over the hospital crib.  Michael could not sleep in the crib because of all the wires and IV tubes so we slept together in the very lumpy hospital bed and Tim slept on the foldaway cot. 

I can not say too many good things about the hospital though.  It is a small local hospital that my doctor is affliated with and it only had four pediatric beds.  However, after about 3pm Saturday, we were the only people in the Pediatric wing.  So we had the nurse's attention all to ourselves.  The kitchen went over and beyond to make sure that Michael had something on his tray that he would eat.  (At least four choices at each meal.  I was in the cafeteria when they were making a tray for the four year old on the floor and the worker said that they always take care of "their babies.")  The only wrinkle was that the nurse on day shift had been a therapy client of mine several years ago.  It took her several hours to remember who I was and it was not an issue. 

It is now after 9pm and Michael just went to bed.  @#$#@$ Prednisone.  We have that for three days and then I hope it will be back to normal. 

BTW, we got the nebulizer.  The ER (grrrr) has machines that they loan out until we can have one delievered tomorrow.  I do not think that the doctor.  We might have avoided the hospital stay.  I am just thrilled to be sleeping in my own bed tonight.

robynlesley

I'm so glad that Michael is doing OK now!  That must have been SO scary considering how young he is. I hope he fully recovers soon.

 

ntyravgmom

That sounds just awefull! Poor little Michael. Hope he heals from all the poking and prodding on top of the illness real soon. Poor little guy. :-(

Peppernut

Oh my gosh, what an awful weekend!  Bleah!  

I'm glad everyone treated you kindly, though.   

mtnrider

That sounds like a completely miserable experience for all of you, I'm so sorry!  I can't even imagine having to watch your baby be stuck with needles multiple times and worse, forced to keep an IV in for a whole weekend!  Did they have to sedate him to keep him from pulling out his IV?  I'm sure all that was way worse than the pneumonia itself.  Glad you're all back home now and I hope Michael recovers soon!  (And yeah, that's the crazy part about living in a small town, I know at least 3 staff members and a patient or two every time I'm in the ER).  And it doesn't surprise me that the doctor didn't know that the ER had machines for loan.  Really sucks that your hospital stay could have been avoided had the doctor known that! 

ateytelb

Poor Michael! Guess they admited him b/c his oxygen was low and he is so little. Glad he is better now!

superaunt

wow that sounds like an awful weekend! how scary!!

fauxshelley

Wow.  That must have been so scary!   I'm glad to hear M's on the mend and hope he all better soon!

itsmexine

Oh my gosh...how scary. Poor Michael, I hope his breathing is better and that his lungs are clearing out. I really hope he is doing much better. I also hope you all get some much needed rest. 

YaraC

Oh that's sounds awful. Seeing your baby sick or in pain is the worst. I hope he gets better very soon.

Pesky

holy crap!  poor baby!  and mom and dad!  I hope he gets better soon. 

Piranha54

Yikes, what an awful weekend! I hope everyone is feeling better and getting some sleep in their own beds!

Dragonflyer

I'm sorry, babies in hospitals just suck. Glad he's doing a bit better. Hang in there. I am still traumatized by Noah's hospital stays. He's not however!

M.Amy

Wow- With everything going wrong it is amazing things turned out okay. How scary.

mama.bear

Wow, what a rough weekend!

I'm so sorry to hear about Michael's sickness. No doubt having you snuggle with him has helped him feel better!

I hope you're back home by now. There is no better place to be 

vanverth

Thank you for all your kind words and thoughts.  My little wild man is on the mend.  I went to work today and Tim stayed hom with him.  I walked in the door and he looked at me, grinned, held up his arms and gave me big o' baby kisses.