Well, we survived Round 1 of Winter '09-'10. According to the tests they ran on Hunter's sputum (how's that for yummy?) he had influenza. Amazing that a flu bug, that might make you miss a day of work, makes a beeline for Hunter's lungs and lands him in the hospital. Early Wednesday, around 2:30 AM to be precise, we rolled in to the UVRMC ER because Hunter's breathing was very distressed. Amazingly, the place was completely empty and I experienced the fastest admittance process
EVER! We were back in a room in a matter of minutes. I spoke with a doctor immediately. We went directly back to Radiology for a chest x-ray. And so on and so forth. We were in a bed on the Peds floor in under an hour. (I know better than to think that that will ever happen again.) It was a tender mercy for a tired mama. The only downside that whole night was my encounter with the doc on call from my pediatrician's office. The jerk had the nerve to make a comment about wanting to be sure there was a good reason for coming in at 3:30 AM to see Hunter. In my head I'm thinking,
"Did he just say that? Of course there's a good reason you're here!" The doc was laying on the whole I'm tired-yawn, yawn, yawn-act so thick while we chatted that I wanted to smack the guy. The joys some of you will never get to experience. Anyhow, the next few days were pretty uneventful. Hunter turned the corner really fast this time. They sent us home with some oxygen to use at night because he wasn't oxygenating great in his sleep. He still looks too small for those hospital beds.
I'm so glad he's home!
Well, we survived Round 1 of Winter '09-'10. According to the tests they ran on Hunter's sputum (how's that for yummy?) he had influenza. Amazing that a flu bug, that might make you miss a day of work, makes a beeline for Hunter's lungs and lands him in the hospital. Early Wednesday, around 2:30 AM to be precise, we rolled in to the UVRMC ER because Hunter's breathing was very distressed. Amazingly, the place was completely empty and I experienced the fastest admittance process EVER! We were back in a room in a matter of minutes. I spoke with a doctor immediately. We went directly back to Radiology for a chest x-ray. And so on and so forth. We were in a bed on the Peds floor in under an hour. (I know better than to think that that will ever happen again.) It was a tender mercy for a tired mama. The only downside that whole night was my encounter with the doc on call from my pediatrician's office. The jerk had the nerve to make a comment about wanting to be sure there was a good reason for coming in at 3:30 AM to see Hunter. In my head I'm thinking, "Did he just say that? Of course there's a good reason you're here!" The doc was laying on the whole I'm tired-yawn, yawn, yawn-act so thick while we chatted that I wanted to smack the guy. The joys some of you will never get to experience. Anyhow, the next few days were pretty uneventful. Hunter turned the corner really fast this time. They sent us home with some oxygen to use at night because he wasn't oxygenating great in his sleep. He still looks too small for those hospital beds.
I'm so glad he's home!
Oh I'm so glad he's home! What a sweetheart!
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Why have I missed all these posts? (my google reader isn't updating - grrrr....) Know that I have been thinking of you guys though. You're right, he looks so little in that big hospital bed. Sweet boy!!!
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