Okay. It’s time I jumped on the Happy Thursday bandwagon. Goddess has a whole (very touching) story behind the HT idea, so head on over there and check it out. And join on in!
So…why am I happy this lovely Thursday? Because Logan does not have Pneumonia. And he’s only borderline for the bronchitis. And because I didn’t wait to bring him in to the doctor like I had contemplated doing…
This morning went like this:
Mommy hears Logan coughing (still) through the monitor and decides that she’s going to call the doctor to make an appointment. Symptoms: Cough sounds different since yesterday; nice rash on left side of Logan’s face; runny, runny not-so-clear runny nose; sounds like Logan’s holding his breath and then taking labored breaths.
The nurse says, “Come on in!”
I should state here that our pediatrician’s office is about 45 minutes to an hour away. We love her (she has twins and a 3rd child – the 3rd is older than the twins though), so we don’t see any real need to change. I figure if there’s an emergency, we’ll be heading to the hospital anyway (and have), so it doesn’t REALLY make a difference…and it means that I get some alone time with the sick kid.
Okay…back to this wonderful Thursday…The appointment is at 9:40, so we leave at 8:30 to be there in plenty of time. The doctor listens to Logan’s lungs (a lot), checks his oxygen levels (a wee bit low), and decides to give him a nebulizer treatment right there in the office. Huh. okay – never done this before, but I should be able to handle it. They bring the machine and a mask in and tell me it’s okay if Logan cries for the 5 minutes it runs…in fact, it’s almost better if he does. Mmm hmm. Ya…mommy doesn’t like putting THAT much stress on him – especially when he’s sick, so when he showed signs of not liking the cool mask after about 30 seconds, I grabbed a pen and paper out of my purse and we went at it.
5 minutes later the doctor comes back, listens to his lungs and checks his oxygen levels again (both are better) and promptly orders an X-ray. Oh goodie! We head upstairs to the labs and hang out for a while. Mommy of the year over here had dressed Logan in a one-piece outfit, so I had him in his diaper and his coat – cuz they told me not to bother dressing him yet. So we’re running around – making all the old ladies laugh (and some of the doctors and nurses – but not all).
Finally it’s his turn to go into the room and mommy gets to hold him so he doesn’t move. More fun! He was a trooper though, and we didn’t have to re-do any of the x-rays.
Back down to the doctors office so she can read the x-rays and check the lungs again. LOTS of gunk in his lungs, but no real spots of pneumonia. She called it bronchitis, but said that it wasn’t really – just borderline. She wants him on antibiotics and also prescribed a nebulizer…that I have to give to him every 3 hours. Even over night. No sleep for me tonight! Eesh.
We finally left the doctor’s office at 11:20.
BUT I have to bring him back in to see her tomorrow morning. Poor little guy 😦
Filed under: HT, Logan | Tagged: bronchitis, nebulizer, Pneumonia |
The Zimmer Zoo 
Oh, poor kiddo, and poor mommy. I hope the treatments work their magic quickly and he feels better soon. How long do you have to do the nebulizer?
I don’t have an end date. I’m hoping to remember to ask tomorrow….
Poor Logan. Get well soon buddy.
Did they give you the cool tube thing with the nebulizer? You can put it right up to his face and he sleeps through the entire thing. Put a pillow over the nebulizer before starting it so the sound doesn’t startle him. You won’t get sleep, but he will.
Aw, poor baby. And poor you, too. I know how challenging this whole “breathing difficulty” stuff is!
We’ve been using a nebulizer on and off with B-man for ages. He HATED it at first, but quickly came to almost enjoy it. The trick: TV. He gets to pick it. If you have on demand, there are lots of great ~15 minute shows in their preschool section (Scholastic books made into animation)…at least Verizon’s on demand. It’s perfectly timed for nebulizer treatments!
Hope he’s feeling better soon!
uggh, hope he’s feeling better soon and hope your Friday is “happier!”
Poor thing! I hope he feels better soon! I read your tweet, I can’t believe he didn’t wake up during the treatment. When I find a doctor I love, I’ll drive that far for them too.
So sorry for Logan (& you.) It’s such a relief to get a diagnosis and start treating the problem — even if does take most of the day. I imagine you don’t remember when you had pneumonia (age: 2 1/2). Your comment “sounds like Logan’s holding his breath and then taking labored breaths” brought it back to me very vividly. It took the better part of a day on the third trip to the doctor’s office — only 5 minutes away — to get your diagnosis. If I rememer correctly, you hated the medication that we had to give you every 4 hours around the clock — it took at least 2 of us to get it into you. Somehow, you made it through, and I imagine he will too. *You* might be a little worse for the wear though. Love ya.
Oh, poor little Logan! I hope he gets better quickly, for his sake, and yours.
I have asthma, and I often have to rent a nebulizer when I have respiratory illness. It makes me feel so much better! I’ve considered buying one of my own, because I just love it that much.
I have a friend whose baby boy was just diagnosed with RSV, and two other friends whose kids are sick with respiratory junk. There are some nasty bugs going around. Also, Bee came home from school today all grossed out because one of her classmates barfed in their handwashing sink. Apparently there’s a tummy bug going around her school. Great.
I can’t wait for summer!
Thank God. I am so glad he is ok.
Hope he gets better soon!
Oh, no! It’s like you have a newborn again. Not so far out that I don’t remember those every 3 hour wakeups.