Today was Maggie's 4th trip the ER this year. Her "asthma" (her ped. calls it asthma. Her allergist does not) started acting up on Wednesday and by Thursday she had a fever and was breathing much harder. We stepped up her albuterol treatments and took her to the doc on Thursday but she got much worse Thursday night so at 3 am we took her to the nearest ER, which I learned was probably a mistake. I was surprised that it took over an hour from the time we got IN A ROOM until they gave her any oxygen or albuterol treatments.
When she got to the ER she had a fever of 103 and I think the doctors seemed more concerned about that than her breathing. They tested her for flu, RSV, did chest x-rays and tested her white blood cell count. Everything came back fine except for the chest x-ray. They said she had a very small amount of pneumonia in one lung.
For a time they thought they were going to admit her for observation because she wasn't able to keep her pulse ox levels up without oxygen but after a steriod shot she did better and we went home about 8:30 am.
The rest of the day was spent catching up on sleep and keeping her on her meds. She's now continuing the albuterol every 4 hours round the clock, on a steroid and an antibiotic (just to be safe - they think the pneumonia is viral). She is acting much more like herself tonight....energetic and playful, although whiney and acting out more than normal due to the albuterol. She bit me this evening in an act of frustration.
I just checked on her tonight while she is sleeping and boy what a difference! Last night I could watch and listen to her breath from the doorway of her room. Tonight I had to kneel down next to the crib to catch the soft motions of her chest as she slept. Talk about relief.
We go back to the doc tomorrow am for a check up to see how she is doing. Please pray that she will continue to improve quickly and be all better soon!
Thanks!
Heather
Friday, December 19, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Christmas Parade
A friend invited us to attend the Semmes Christmas Parade today. Semmes is a small town north of Mobile. This was the first parade that Maggie has ever seen! She had a good time although I think it took her a little bit to decide what she thought of the whole thing.
Of course, no parade in Mobile would be complete without throws - I think Mobilians think every day is Marde Gras! So Maggie got to collect her share of beads, candy, rings, and even a teddy bear!
It was a small parade, but a great size for Maggie's first one. There were 2 or 3 marching bands (unfortunately, none of them were playing when they marched past us so Maggie only got to hear the drums) and fire engines and about 10 floats or so and of course horses both large....
and small....
When it was all over, Maggie said "more?!?" so I guess she liked it even though we never had any really big smiles. But she's been holding onto that bear all afternoon. :-)
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