Hospital Visit

The other morning I noticed that Leo's breathing seemed shallow.  He had a bit of a cold so I thought nothing of this.  He was sent home from school with a fever, but one never registered at the house.  What we did notice is that he had labored breathing and wheezing.  His chest was caving in and out.  We called the doctor and they immediately had him come in.  After the nebulizer didn't work, he was sent to Children's Hospital Urgent Care.

After being at urgent care for 5 hours, they realized the nebulizer treatments were not working all that great to control his breathing.  They admitted him to the hospital overnight (around 10:00 pm).  Once he had a melt down from exhaustion and passed out, his breathing completely calmed down and turned to normal.  They monitored him all night and only needed a couple steroid treatments.  He slept through all of it which was amazing.  I woke up every time the nurse came in, but I was a worried mom.

Luckily he was always getting good oxygen levels, so that was never a fear.   The biggest challenge was keeping a rambunctious 2.5 year old calm, in the hospital from his 5:30 am wake up until they finally released him at 1:00.  We were a bit annoyed that he was last to be looked at by the doctor.  I was hoping him roaming the halls like a crazy person would help, but not so much!  He's fine now, so they are managing him as he has asthma.  I know he's a bit too young for that, so I look forward to conversations with his allergist.  I personally think a large quantity of mango caused the outbreak.  We will know for sure when he gets more allergy tests on the 23rd.

I am trying to find the silver lining in everything these days, since it has been a rough go.   One silver lining is how my friends rallied around us with Leo's hospital stay.  They took Gwen for an entire day and did an egg hunt, colored eggs, played.....etc.  They even moved the Easter Brunch that was supposed to be at my house, it was moved to another friend's house.  I have been in Colorado for 13 years and the past few months have really shown me that I am home (minus missing my family so much).

Keep little man in your hearts and prayers.  He will be fine.  This next year is critical for his allergies as most kids grow out of them between the ages of 3-4!!