fourkidsmom
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Last night was a terrible night, our 5 year old son was up coughing, wheezing, having a hard time breathing ALL night. ug....... Everytime you think things are going good we fall of the (broken) wagon again, it is soooooo frustrating. I know we just need to go day by day, but it really sucks! I had to call his preschool and tell them he wouldn't be there today, she could hear him coughing in the background, he <u>hates</u> to miss school, but he can't go like this. I hear him struggle to breath last night, because when he gets like this we have him sleep in between us so I can hear his every breath. I think to myself WHY? WHY does this little child that has never hurt anyone and never had an easy time have to go thru so much? Is it something we did, I know you can't think that way but you sometimes wonder why he has to suffer so much and he has the best attitude. He is doing a breathing treatment with his vest right now and , of course the hose just came undone and so I go to fix it and he says to me smiling "Who loves you today?" That makes everyday worth it. So now I wonder do I call the doctor today or wait a day? Tomorrow is friday and they close earlier, and then we have the weekend. I am always scared to take him like this because I am afraid they will keep him. He just had a clean out in November and a small one in December. BUT he is culturing staph, pseudo and cepecia (the worst type of cepecia) So we need to be more agressive?? Our doctor is 2 hours one way, I have 3 other kids to arrange around as well and no one to help me out today. Dad has to work and grandma is leaving town and doesn't know about him yet, she'll worry all day.
He has been fine up till yesterday, I noticed the dark circle appearing under his eyes, then a little bit of clear runny nose. He didn't eat much, activity wise was fine. One thing I have noticed with him is if the weather is still cool and I still dress him warmly, if he goes outside (like he did 2 days ago and played about 10 minutes) then he gets like this, same way if he falls asleep on the floor, we have learned to get him up off the floor because he gets like this, I don't think just it's coincidence because it has happened several times. I had to give him what I call the emergency aeorsal last night (2 times), racepinephrine, they used to not let us get this by prescription until we had to take him to the emergency room 4 times when he gets like this and they give him the medicine and it helps open up his airways.
What would you guys do? He is actually not coughing right now. It is more a night thing, I know if they don't have me come into the doctor, they will say up his normal 4 breathing treatments a day to every 3 hours. It is a hard choice. Quite seriously I need a little sleep before I try and drive 2 hours to the doctor. He is doing better now, but will he be the same tonight and then we are coming into the weekend? Should I give him another night to see what happens? I actually got on here last night at about 2 a.m. and then he was having a hard time breathing so I got off, I noticed Allie was on and about 5 other people. I din't get to post anything though. Sorry to ramble, just needed to vent.
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He has been fine up till yesterday, I noticed the dark circle appearing under his eyes, then a little bit of clear runny nose. He didn't eat much, activity wise was fine. One thing I have noticed with him is if the weather is still cool and I still dress him warmly, if he goes outside (like he did 2 days ago and played about 10 minutes) then he gets like this, same way if he falls asleep on the floor, we have learned to get him up off the floor because he gets like this, I don't think just it's coincidence because it has happened several times. I had to give him what I call the emergency aeorsal last night (2 times), racepinephrine, they used to not let us get this by prescription until we had to take him to the emergency room 4 times when he gets like this and they give him the medicine and it helps open up his airways.
What would you guys do? He is actually not coughing right now. It is more a night thing, I know if they don't have me come into the doctor, they will say up his normal 4 breathing treatments a day to every 3 hours. It is a hard choice. Quite seriously I need a little sleep before I try and drive 2 hours to the doctor. He is doing better now, but will he be the same tonight and then we are coming into the weekend? Should I give him another night to see what happens? I actually got on here last night at about 2 a.m. and then he was having a hard time breathing so I got off, I noticed Allie was on and about 5 other people. I din't get to post anything though. Sorry to ramble, just needed to vent.
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