This past week we went to Colorado to visit Grandma. (I will blog about it later)
Kaden had a cold while we were there, and felt pretty lousy one night. Bosten got it too.
Tuesday night, I was up pretty much all night with Bosten. He sounded terrible, was wheezing and crying in his attempts to sleep, and was all around miserable. We were heading home on Wednesday, so once we got on the road I called the doctor to make an appointment for Bosten (as we were driving right by the office on our way home).
A quick visit turned into 2 hours as he was having a hard time breathing and his oxygen saturation levels were lower than they should be. They sent us down the hall to the new Children's Unit at Riverton Hospital (which had opened the day before).
They had a doctors, nurses, and a respiratory therapist look at him. He had chest x-rays. They decided to admit him to the hospital and started him on oxygen. He later had an IV since he wasn't eating or drinking anything and needed fluids. Needless to say, it was a long 24 hours!
They think he could have issues with asthma. Its too soon to tell, but with his peanut allergy and issues with eczema, there's a good chance. He responded well to the medications they gave him, and his oxygen levels came back up.
He was a real trooper! He didn't cry at all, and would tell everyone "thank you" or "you're welcome" after they'd check him out. He even told the doctor that he needed a haircut (it was SO hilarious!)
I just have to say how much I love open adoption. Even though I didn't know the answers at the time about his family history, I knew I could get it (and I did). Turns out that there is asthma in his birth family's history, and I'm so thankful that I was able to get that information!
He was a different kid on Thursday morning. He was up and running around the room (and driving the little car!). He's still on medicine regularly, and he's REALLY grumpy. But, I'll take that over difficulty breathing any day!
Tuesday night, I was up pretty much all night with Bosten. He sounded terrible, was wheezing and crying in his attempts to sleep, and was all around miserable. We were heading home on Wednesday, so once we got on the road I called the doctor to make an appointment for Bosten (as we were driving right by the office on our way home).
A quick visit turned into 2 hours as he was having a hard time breathing and his oxygen saturation levels were lower than they should be. They sent us down the hall to the new Children's Unit at Riverton Hospital (which had opened the day before).
They had a doctors, nurses, and a respiratory therapist look at him. He had chest x-rays. They decided to admit him to the hospital and started him on oxygen. He later had an IV since he wasn't eating or drinking anything and needed fluids. Needless to say, it was a long 24 hours!
They think he could have issues with asthma. Its too soon to tell, but with his peanut allergy and issues with eczema, there's a good chance. He responded well to the medications they gave him, and his oxygen levels came back up.He was a real trooper! He didn't cry at all, and would tell everyone "thank you" or "you're welcome" after they'd check him out. He even told the doctor that he needed a haircut (it was SO hilarious!)
I just have to say how much I love open adoption. Even though I didn't know the answers at the time about his family history, I knew I could get it (and I did). Turns out that there is asthma in his birth family's history, and I'm so thankful that I was able to get that information!
He was a different kid on Thursday morning. He was up and running around the room (and driving the little car!). He's still on medicine regularly, and he's REALLY grumpy. But, I'll take that over difficulty breathing any day!
Kaden was SO worried about Bosten and was thrilled to get to go to the hospital to visit! They had an XBOX 360 in the room, so he was happy to sit and play games while we were waiting to get released.
3 comments:
Oh my goodness! That must have been very scary. I am SO glad he is feeling better!
Both of my boys have asthma, and actually Calvin has grown out of it, so we will see with Mason. Good luck with, it is a hard road but if you keep on the medicine it could go away!
Oh wow Shelby, that's crazy, so sorry for cute little Bosten (and you!). His symptoms sound just like Ryder's--so welcome to the asthma world! Totally not fun, but after a year of doing inhalers, Ryder is finally past screaming during them. So that's an improvement...
Good luck with everything!
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