So, let's get caught up
Saturday morning, Amanda took Drew to the Pediatrician since we didn't think he had gotten over his ear infection. The Nurse Practitioner said that his ear was fine but was concerned about his congestion and breathing and the next thing we know we are headed to VU Children's ER.
Oh, by the way - Drew and Dane were both diagnosed with RSV at 5 weeks and had no issues until now.
We spent several hours at the ER on Saturday and after deep suctioning and a breathing treatment, we decided to take Drew home and hope for the best.
Well, the best didn't come. Sunday morning Drew was having problems breathing and the congestion was pretty bad so we decided to bring him back to the ER and as of the writing of this post, Monday 2/22 at 11:11pm we are still here.
We had hoped that he would be released today but he did not seem to progress the way the doctor's would have liked. This afternoon he began to have a fever so there is some concern about some other virus along with RSV.
Tonight, he has now had deep suctioning, hypersaline breathing treatments, Albuterol treatments (thanks to me, he probably has Asthma) and they are now getting ready to put in an IV (2/23 at 11/16pm) since the breast feeding could be causing some problems with congestion.
We have been so fortunate with our children and many of you have had to experience a child in the hospital. It's hard to explain, even when you know that it is not a serious condition, how hard it is to watch your child be poked and prodded and be completely miserable. It's been very hard for me to watch and brings back many memories of my childhood and growing up with severe Asthma.
We will keep you posted as to Drew's progress.
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