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July 2012 Moms
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Nicky's sick
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Nicky has been under the weather. Last week he started randomly making this weird gasping inhale. I thought he had discovered a new sound. Then he woke up hoarse Saturday. He's had a cough since last week too, so initially I thought it was a bad cold. This morning I was going to take him in, but second guessed myself and didn't call. When he woke up from nap so hoarse he could barely cry, my alarm bells went off. We went in immediately.
I was still thinking a cold, asthma, or maybe allergies. I expected a pat on the head and pediatrician speak for "you're crazy, go home."
Instead she told me to get him to the ENT ASAP. She thinks he inhaled some foreign object that is now hanging out in the upper part of his lungs. While not an actual emergency, if that is the problem it needs to be addressed quickly. We go Wednesday morning.
Does anyone have any experience with this or maybe do any of our nurses know how it's handled? I don't want to google and was so shocked that I didn't ask. Also, please keep my boy in your thoughts. He's obviously not well...very few smiles, not wanting to play, lots of "I don't feel good" fussing. I'm hoping the pedi is just being overly cautious and this will turn out to be nothing/something simple. I feel like an idiot for not taking him in sooner.
I was still thinking a cold, asthma, or maybe allergies. I expected a pat on the head and pediatrician speak for "you're crazy, go home."
Instead she told me to get him to the ENT ASAP. She thinks he inhaled some foreign object that is now hanging out in the upper part of his lungs. While not an actual emergency, if that is the problem it needs to be addressed quickly. We go Wednesday morning.
Does anyone have any experience with this or maybe do any of our nurses know how it's handled? I don't want to google and was so shocked that I didn't ask. Also, please keep my boy in your thoughts. He's obviously not well...very few smiles, not wanting to play, lots of "I don't feel good" fussing. I'm hoping the pedi is just being overly cautious and this will turn out to be nothing/something simple. I feel like an idiot for not taking him in sooner.
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Re: Nicky's sick
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He has woken a few times and hasn't sounded nearly as hoarse so now I don't know what the heck to think. Honestly it seems like he's feeling better and if none of this had come up I'd be thinking he was on the mend. But with the idea that something could be floating around in his lungs, I just don't know. He's always sounded worse after sleeping, so I think I'll wait to see what he sounds like in the morning. He's had so little sleep the last few days that i think he needs his rest tonight, particularly if an ER visit is in our future.
Thanks for being there for me to talk to about this stuff. I thought it sounded weird that he could have something in his lungs and it not be an emergency, but I'm one that usually trusts the doctor and so is DH. It helps to have other moms to check with.
He sounds completely better this morning. Would you still be concerned or would you think it was all just a bad cold after all?
I'm still really bothered by the fact that she told me it isn't an emergency when the nurses on here so strongly disagree. I am going to call and get another one of the docs to give me a second opinion. We see all of them, but there's one or two that I like best...I want to ask one of them.
I'm waiting for my favorite doc to call me back. Hoping that gives me some clarity.
But for real, this ish is beyond cray.
First, an update on Nicky, because whatever you all may have decided to think of me, I know we all care for each other's LOs. I talked to my favorite pedi in the group and though she never said, yes, this is an emergency, she did send us for an x-ray. It came up clean. I've kept the ENT appointment tomorrow at her suggestion just to be safe and check his throat for any sores or anything that could have caused his hoarseness.
OK, as for the rest of it. I think you misunderstood what I meant. I meant that if there wasn't the danger that there may actually really be something in his lungs, I wouldn't be worried because I would assume it was all just from a virus. Perhaps that particular misunderstanding is on me. I'm tired and maybe I wasn't as clear as I should have been.
I've known for a while that many of you think I make stuff up. Karmb even straight up called me a catfish at one point. I appreciate you actually saying what you are thinking, even though it hurts my feelings. More of you feel this way than I expected, judging by the "love" these posts received.
Yes, I have a lot of shit going on. Yes, I know it sounds crazy. What's crazier is that you don't even know everything. You'd really think I was a catfish then. I haven't really turned here as much since figuring out how people were perceiving me. And that's Ok, I'm not trying to lay the guilt on or anything. None of you know me in real life so how could you know if I'm lying or not? I admit it hurts after all this time, but hell, if someone else wrote this crap I wouldn't believe it either.
And as far as a gift card or any other outreach is concerned...that has never entered my mind. I have never given any money, just words of support. It's not because I don't love and care about you all, but because my husband wants to be cautious. I would never want or expect such a gift when I can't support any of you in that way.
So by all means, if you know how to lift whatever bad luck spell I'm under, show me the way. Until then, I won't post about my troubles and will probably mostly lurk. This is by no means a GBCB...like I said I care for all of you and want to support you. It's a step back from sharing so much and opening myself up to stuff like this.
And I realize I never addressed the medical issues. As I said, I'm someone who trusts the doctors. I've lived with health issues all my life and been lucky to have some amazing doctors. If a doctor tells me something, I'm unlikely to question it...something I'm trying to do better about. The IUD being lost...how is that the fault of the doctor? Not being sarcastic or trying to be rude, but what else would you have them do? An X-ray could be harmful to the baby at this early stage. An ultrasound may not find it. It may not be in me at all. What other options do we have?
I don't think you making things up. You have been here for a long time and I feel like I know you and your kids. Some people have more drama in their life then others. I think telling you you are a liar was uncalled for especially in a thread concerning health of your child.
Glad it Dosent look serious with nick
@KarmB you are a tell it like it is kind of person. I don't hold it against you any more than I hold this current stuff against other bumpies. Just makes me realize I share a little too much.
For those who asked for an update, Nicky's appointment went well. The ENT didn't think what I described sounded like aspiration at all, but wanted to scope his larynx because Nicky's birthmarks are sometimes seen on kids with hemangiomas in the throat/larynx. That came up clear too. So baby boy is perfect. Thanks for thinking of him.
I'm not going anywhere, I just plan to keep most of my family/medical drama to myself from here on out. I think it will help ease the concerns that I'm a semi nude overweight man typing from his mother's basement.