Here is the full story of our experience last week.
Sunday: We went over to my dads house for dinner. Larry started having a hard time breathing(he is allergic to dogs and cats, which my dad has both), so we gave him his inhaler and left my dads as soon as we could. Sunday night Larry didn't sleep at all, he kept waking up wheezing, coughing and crying because he couldn't breathe. Laura slept through all of that thank goodness. We tried everything to get him to breathe normal.
Monday: We took Larry to the doctor today. The doctor tried different things and breathing treatments to get him to breathe normally. It kind a of worked but not enough for the doctor, he sent us to Primary Childrens. Me and Larry got to ride in an ambulance. Larry thought that was pretty cool. It took most of Monday to get Larry admitted into the hospital. We were in the PICU. Larry had to hooked to constant asthma medicine and a cpap machine to help him breathe normally. He looked so helpless and so small hooked up to everything. We had lots of visitors Monday night, lots of love and support from family members. It was a really long day, so after Larry got settled and calm and was sleeping I went home to get some rest and Rob stayed the night with Larry.
Tuesday: I had a good night's rest and got to the hospital first thing in the morning. Larry slept ok. It was hard for him to sleep with the cpap mask on him. He HATED that mask! He screamed and through a big fit about it and would just get so mad. It broke my heart, I wanted to rip it off him right then and there. He was doing lots better today, still breathing hard, but I could see an improvement. He was doing so much better that the doctors said he could get to cpap mask off. He was so happy! He did still have to wear a mask, but a littler one. Tuesday afternoon, he actually sat up and played with some Legos the hospital gave him. The doctor even said he could start eating again. Larry hasn't eaten anything since Sunday night. Tuesday night Larry was able to move out of the ICU and onto the regular floor. We were so excited! And he was able to take off the albuterol mask also. We kept him hydrated as much as possible so he could get the IV out of his hand by Wednesday. He ate a little better once we moved him to the floor. I stayed at the hospital and Rob went home for get some sleep.
Wednesday: Larry slept much better last night, he didn't even need any extra oxygen. Larry choose mac & cheese and chocolate milk for breakfast. He is doing so much better today. He got the IV out of his hand. The doctors are letting us go home today! Everyone is so excited to go home. After we got home I went and picked up Laura form my mother-in-laws house. Laura was so happy to see me and so excited she got to go home too. She was shuffled between my mom and Robs mom.
Larry has been doing great since we've been home. He is on a controlled inhaler now that he will take and hopefully that will help with his asthma and allergies.
I am so grateful to all the doctors and nurses at Primarys and to all our family and friends for all their love and support through all of this. We are truly blessed.
Sunday: We went over to my dads house for dinner. Larry started having a hard time breathing(he is allergic to dogs and cats, which my dad has both), so we gave him his inhaler and left my dads as soon as we could. Sunday night Larry didn't sleep at all, he kept waking up wheezing, coughing and crying because he couldn't breathe. Laura slept through all of that thank goodness. We tried everything to get him to breathe normal.
Monday: We took Larry to the doctor today. The doctor tried different things and breathing treatments to get him to breathe normally. It kind a of worked but not enough for the doctor, he sent us to Primary Childrens. Me and Larry got to ride in an ambulance. Larry thought that was pretty cool. It took most of Monday to get Larry admitted into the hospital. We were in the PICU. Larry had to hooked to constant asthma medicine and a cpap machine to help him breathe normally. He looked so helpless and so small hooked up to everything. We had lots of visitors Monday night, lots of love and support from family members. It was a really long day, so after Larry got settled and calm and was sleeping I went home to get some rest and Rob stayed the night with Larry.
Tuesday: I had a good night's rest and got to the hospital first thing in the morning. Larry slept ok. It was hard for him to sleep with the cpap mask on him. He HATED that mask! He screamed and through a big fit about it and would just get so mad. It broke my heart, I wanted to rip it off him right then and there. He was doing lots better today, still breathing hard, but I could see an improvement. He was doing so much better that the doctors said he could get to cpap mask off. He was so happy! He did still have to wear a mask, but a littler one. Tuesday afternoon, he actually sat up and played with some Legos the hospital gave him. The doctor even said he could start eating again. Larry hasn't eaten anything since Sunday night. Tuesday night Larry was able to move out of the ICU and onto the regular floor. We were so excited! And he was able to take off the albuterol mask also. We kept him hydrated as much as possible so he could get the IV out of his hand by Wednesday. He ate a little better once we moved him to the floor. I stayed at the hospital and Rob went home for get some sleep.
Wednesday: Larry slept much better last night, he didn't even need any extra oxygen. Larry choose mac & cheese and chocolate milk for breakfast. He is doing so much better today. He got the IV out of his hand. The doctors are letting us go home today! Everyone is so excited to go home. After we got home I went and picked up Laura form my mother-in-laws house. Laura was so happy to see me and so excited she got to go home too. She was shuffled between my mom and Robs mom.
Larry has been doing great since we've been home. He is on a controlled inhaler now that he will take and hopefully that will help with his asthma and allergies.
I am so grateful to all the doctors and nurses at Primarys and to all our family and friends for all their love and support through all of this. We are truly blessed.
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