Tyler had another "first" this past weekend and week but not exactly the kind of "first" we were excited about. On Friday night (April 8th) he was wheezing and coughing really bad and we had to take him to Children's Hospital to the ER to get him checked out. Turns out he has RSV. They used a machine to suction out his nose and basically told us its viral and has to run its course. Things got significantly worse on Saturday night and into Sunday morning so we ended up taking him back again on Sunday...He started getting dehydrated and fever went up, he had more wheezing and more difficulty breathing...this time they used the machine to suction him several times, in addition to that they did 2 different kinds of breathing treatments, a chest x-ray, to make sure they weren't over looking anything, and gave him and IV to hydrate him and also a steroid through the IV. They couldn't find a vain in his feet, arms, hands, etc...so had to put the IV in his head...this was so pitiful, it broke my heart. By Tuesday he seemed worse again and we took him to his pediatrician who after briefly seeing him said he wanted him admitted to Children's Hospital immediately. We are home now and for the first time he really seems to be feeling a little better. His breathing sounds much better and he is staying hydrated on his own. He is even playing a little bit for short periods now...He surely isn't getting better as fast as his mommy wishes he would but I am so thankful he does FINALLY to seem to be on the mend!
Bless his little heart...this is the part where I lost it...
Please excuse the terrible picture quality but I didn't have my camera, so I had to use my cell phone
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