I blogged the other day about Dawson having pneumonia. We gave him his full course of antibiotics and he was doing so much better. Thursday night we gave him the last dose. Yesterday morning, he started coughing. It was an awful cough. He was literally coughing continuously. He didn't stop hardly at all. It was really bad timing since it was also the day of Ashlyn's party. We tried to put him down for a nap before the party. Poor guy couldn't even sleep because he was coughing so badly. When we got to Ashlyn's party he started running around and seemed to be doing much better.
We put him to bed like normal even though his cough his was pretty bad. Joey and I had planned on watching some movies. Dawson woke up around 9:00 crying. Joey went and got him from his bed so he could lay with me. I immediately noticed that he was breathing really heavily. I got very freaked out. I sent my sister a video of his breathing. She said that it looked pretty fast to her. I decided to call the after hours line. The person I talked to said that we would need to bring him to the E.R since he had recently had pneumonia and wasn't breathing well. I called my brother and he immediately came over to be with Ashlyn so both Joey and I could go.
When we got to the E.R., I told the receptionist he was having difficulty breathing and they brought him right back. The nurse checked his respiratory rate and it was 72. Normal for his age should be 20-30. She told us it was very high and he was definitely a sick kid. They took us to a room right away. They came in and did a test for RSV and did a chest x-ray. They got him a breathing treatment and steroids to help his breathing. Then we sat around and waited forever. Luckily, they had a t.v. to entertain us. Dawson didn't sleep, but he was such a trooper.
Around 1:00 a.m., the doctor came in and said it wasn't pneumonia but they wanted to keep him overnight. We got up to his room in the peds unit around 2:00 a.m. We were all exhausted at that point, especially Dawson would did not nap earlier in the day. They peds unit was very nice and the nurses were great. There was only room for one parent to sleep and Joey needed to get home so my brother could go home. Dawson and I did manage to get some sleep and the nurses didn't come in too much.
This morning he was already doing much better. They gave him another breathing treatment and more steroids. Ashlyn and Joey came to the hospital first thing. The doctor came in around 9:00. He said sometimes when someone is getting over pneumonia it can cause them to have a restricted airway. He also said that it could be asthma. Joey has very bad asthma, and I am praying its not that. He said that we would have to see if it is something that happens again or not. The doctor said he was doing much better and could go home with medicine. By that point, poor Dawson was becoming very stir crazy after being couped up in a little room. We were very happy to get out of there!
Dawson has been doing much better today. He came home and took a 4 hour nap. I hate seeing him so sick and it just seems like he has been sick so much this fall. It is very weird, because Ashlyn was hospitalized at almost the exact same age for severe croup. I remember being very scared that she would have breathing issues and be in and out of the hospital, but she has since never had another problem. I pray that Dawson is the same way. Please pray that Dawson continues to get stronger and better and that he doesn't give us any more scares! I am thanking God for helping him heal so quickly and allowing us to go home so quickly. I know lots of children and parents aren't as lucky.
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| They had a toy phone in his crib and he immediately grabbed it. He seems to be having a very important conversation. |
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| Dawson playing withe the Ipad in the E.R. Yet again, the Ipad was invaluable for keeping him entertained. He seems so happy for how sick he was. |
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