Very upset last night & not feeling well {Sorry these are a bit dark but I didn't want to use my flash right up in his face} |
Tugging at his ear....worried he had an ear infection |
I went to work early and then was able to get him a morning appointment. I headed home & picked up grandma Dianne and little man and we headed to the doctor. As she was checking him over, she mentioned she hoped to hear his cough to know how to diagnose him. Well sure enough, he coughed {a big one} and along with it puked up his bottle from earlier that morning all over himself, me {in work clothes}, the chair and onto the floor. Poor little guy! But I will tell you if there is one positive thing out of these experience it's that I couldn't believe he actually did that right in front of the doctor {you know how it is, when you're sick, you seem so much healthier when you actually drag yourself to the doctor, then you feel like a dope for having went to the doctor in the first place.} This is when we learned Cruz had Bronchiolitis. Basically, it sounds as though all little ones get some form of this viral infection, however, there is a mix between those who get it in the nasal area and those who get it in their chests. Unfortunately, he fell in the latter and has the worst of it. Being that she clocked him in on day 1, she mentioned that day 3-5 would be the worst and then it would be downhill until the 7th-10th day and taper off. Our doctor made sure to reiterate that I need to follow my "mother's instinct" and if there were any reasons I felt I need to bring little man in or didn't know what was wrong over the course of the next 10 days, then I must bring him in ASAP.
She walked through what we would be experiencing with him through the next few days and then called in our prescription for the nebulizer for his breathing treatments. We were to do this every 4-6 hours to help him breath better.
Doctor's office - his first nebulizer treatment |
Smiles for mom before heading back to work |
Thank the lord she was there...I was a bit of a mess.
I took care of getting Cruz and myself cleaned up and she tackled the mess on the couch and the nebulizer. Once we had ourselves back together, we gave the little guy his treatment. The rest of the night was a blur of him fussing in his crib for a couple hours and me walking with him & rocking him {only to have my mom come back upstairs and relieve me for a while - again so thankful she was there}. I was able to get a few more hours of sleep and then was in a much better place to start our morning.
Breathing treatment.... following a change of clothes after his puking episode |
Let's hope he starts feeling better soon...I'm worried that doing this all on my own tonight & the next couple of days will be a bit of a challenge.
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