We're a few days off track

Because THIS happened:

Trying his best to look sick

During his 13th (and last) breathing treatment before we got to go home ~ he's pretending to be Darth Vader

SO excited that he got to have x-rays!


In a nutshell: Noah was home sick on Wednesday with a fever & cough. I didn't think much of it until he started breathing funny; actually not too funny but very fast. The fast breathing and accompanying chest pain went into the night until I took him to the ER at about midnight. After three breathing treatments and a dose of steroids, his oxygen level was still too low and at 3:30am they put him on oxygen and we were told that he would be admitted. I was pretty surprised, assuming we would only be gone from home a few hours and had of course brought nothing but my purse. We ended up staying until late afternoon on Friday, when they decided that his oxygen level was okay and we got to go home. He has two medications to take for a few days, and he'll have a follow-up visit to the pediatrician on Tuesday. Most of the hospital staff we dealt with were sure that Noah must be asthmatic, since it appeared to be an asthma attack. While that is possible, I think it's more likely that this was something virus-related since he started out being sick, and he hasn't ever had any asthma symptoms or episodes before. But, we are now in possession of a rescue inhaler, should his lungs decide to act up again!


Noah was a GREAT patient and thought that everything at the hospital was so fun and exciting! He has not been to any hospital or urgent care since he was born, so it was all new to him. He was a real trooper with all the breathing treatments, he loved having his blood pressure taken, loved having x-rays, loved getting to watch so much TV and movies, and he thought it was just hilarious when I had to wheel the oxygen tank behind him in the ER when he went to use the bathroom. The pediatric area of the hospital was nice; they have a playroom and lots of games & toys that you can bring back to your room to play with (which we had to do because as a respiratory patient Noah was on "isolation status" for the first day and a half). We played Battleship, Scrabble, and Legos. It was actually a really fun (albeit a little expensive) bonding time for Noah and I. I slept in his bed next to him and I was reminded that just like when he was a baby, he's still a cuddler. It made me realize that I need to make more of an effort to schedule some one-on-one time with each of my kids... but next time we won't do it at the hospital.


Hubs stepped up to take care of things at home, also my mom & sister ~ thanks guys! It's great having family near by. I also had so many phonecalls, emails, etc. from friends offering to help and I really appreciate them!

So, we have some lingering coughs around here but all in all, things are good.