Hospital Visit

This past Friday, we had to take a little trip to the Emergency Room at our local children's hospital.  Parker had  been wheezing the night before but only a little bit.  I told myself that if he was still doing it in the morning, I would call the pediatrician and see what they said.

When we woke up on Friday, we could tell that Parker was working pretty hard to breathe.  The skin around his ribs and collarbone were really sucking in every time he breathed in.  Since it was so early, Ryan and I were going back and forth about whether it was okay to wait to call the doctor or if we should take him to the ER.  While we were trying to decide, he wasn't really acting like himself and also wasn't drinking his milk which was REALLY weird because this kid inhales his milk.  The final straw was when Parker threw up all over Ryan.  We decided to take him straight to CHKD.

After seeing the doctor, they said that Parker most likely had a virus.  They gave him three breathing treatments followed by oxygen and also performed a chest x-ray.  The first breathing treatment as well as the x-ray involved LOTS of screaming and crying.  I have never seen Parker scream and thrash more than when the respiratory nurse gave him his first breathing treatment.  When we finally left at about 12:30, he definitely was not 100 percent, but he was obviously feeling much better and was breathing much easier.  He looked so pitiful but sweet during the process.

I think this was the third treatment.  Thank goodness for iPhones!

Just waiting around.  Notice the barf bag--yes, it happened again at the hospital!

Letting the oxygen work it's magic!

I am so thankful to have such an amazing hospital so close to home.  I am well aware of the fact that we could have gone to the regular hospital, but it is so nice to deal with doctors and nurses who are there to cater to children only.  I hope it is a looooong long time before we have to go back again, if ever!