MrBishop
Well-Known Member
One hell of a weekend – aka It doesn’t rain, but it pours
The whole this started on Saturday afternoon. My son’s had a cold, so with his asthma, we’ve had him on Flovent for a bit (2 in the morning and 2 in the evening). It’s kept him well for close to 2 years..so no worries.
This time, it got worst, so we had to use the salbutamol as well. Overnight, we had to use it 4 times. During the day, he seemed to gain control, so we stopped the salbutamol. As the afternoon progressed, it got worst, so we left the states and went back to Canada.
I left my wife and daughter at home and went to the Children’s hospital with my son. Upon entry, he got a rush of 3 masks and 1 treatment of Pediacure (liquid steroid)…followed by a bed in the asthma room. His BloodOxigen was at 80% upon arrival. This was 7pm Sunday night.
At 12:30am, we got admitted to a room for the long haul. More masks (vapour-inhalers) and 26% oxygen when he wasn’t on the masks. We had to get him off the oxygen, sans vapour masks and with a BloodOx of 97%+ for a 5 hour stretch before they could release him. This finally came around 4pm the next day (Monday). They were going to give him one more mask and wait an hour to release after checking his bloodOx and making sure that his lungs sounded clear. He’d already gotten a chest XRay to make sure that he wasn’t getting pneumonia.
At 4:15pm, I got a call from my wife saying that my daughter’s school had called. It seems that he forehead had swelled to the point where she was unrecognizable. Backtracking for a moment…she’d received a slow-moving swing in the forehead on Sunday afternoon…no swelling, no nausea, no dizziness, and she hadn’t even cried. No big deal, right? A cold compress had been enough to stop any swelling…but 24hours later, the swelling was back with a vengeance.
So, my father went to go pick her up at school. I had the car, my wife was at work, so we ran out of options. At 5pm, my son got his clean bill of health and we went downstairs to meet my father who’d just arrived at the same Children’s hospital. My wife arrived a few minutes later. My daughter’s swelling was astounding! So, we went through the Emergency ward for a second time. She got head XRays to check for all sorts of stuff and was told that it was all normal swelling, to apply cold compresses. No fractures or signs of serious head trauma, so after 3 hours, we got sent home.
So, to recap. 2 day in the hospital with two separate kids. I didn’t sleep for 37 hours straight (not to mention the bad sleep from the night before this went off because my son was coughing all night). My son has Pediacare for 3 days and pumps for 2 weeks, nad I’m back at work….feeling and looking like hell. Joy!
The whole this started on Saturday afternoon. My son’s had a cold, so with his asthma, we’ve had him on Flovent for a bit (2 in the morning and 2 in the evening). It’s kept him well for close to 2 years..so no worries.
This time, it got worst, so we had to use the salbutamol as well. Overnight, we had to use it 4 times. During the day, he seemed to gain control, so we stopped the salbutamol. As the afternoon progressed, it got worst, so we left the states and went back to Canada.
I left my wife and daughter at home and went to the Children’s hospital with my son. Upon entry, he got a rush of 3 masks and 1 treatment of Pediacure (liquid steroid)…followed by a bed in the asthma room. His BloodOxigen was at 80% upon arrival. This was 7pm Sunday night.
At 12:30am, we got admitted to a room for the long haul. More masks (vapour-inhalers) and 26% oxygen when he wasn’t on the masks. We had to get him off the oxygen, sans vapour masks and with a BloodOx of 97%+ for a 5 hour stretch before they could release him. This finally came around 4pm the next day (Monday). They were going to give him one more mask and wait an hour to release after checking his bloodOx and making sure that his lungs sounded clear. He’d already gotten a chest XRay to make sure that he wasn’t getting pneumonia.
At 4:15pm, I got a call from my wife saying that my daughter’s school had called. It seems that he forehead had swelled to the point where she was unrecognizable. Backtracking for a moment…she’d received a slow-moving swing in the forehead on Sunday afternoon…no swelling, no nausea, no dizziness, and she hadn’t even cried. No big deal, right? A cold compress had been enough to stop any swelling…but 24hours later, the swelling was back with a vengeance.
So, my father went to go pick her up at school. I had the car, my wife was at work, so we ran out of options. At 5pm, my son got his clean bill of health and we went downstairs to meet my father who’d just arrived at the same Children’s hospital. My wife arrived a few minutes later. My daughter’s swelling was astounding! So, we went through the Emergency ward for a second time. She got head XRays to check for all sorts of stuff and was told that it was all normal swelling, to apply cold compresses. No fractures or signs of serious head trauma, so after 3 hours, we got sent home.
So, to recap. 2 day in the hospital with two separate kids. I didn’t sleep for 37 hours straight (not to mention the bad sleep from the night before this went off because my son was coughing all night). My son has Pediacare for 3 days and pumps for 2 weeks, nad I’m back at work….feeling and looking like hell. Joy!
I'm well-read on the meds my kids take, when they do take them...it's a Daddy thing, eh
