About a week and a half ago, David took Aidan to Carden Children's Hospital's ER because he had been having difficulty breathing through the night. They admitted him and he was there for 2 days. It turns out he had suffered an Asthma attack. He hadn't ever been diagnosed with Asthma, so we weren't prepared for it. He was such a little trooper. He didn't like getting the IV, but he was very cooperative and did whatever he was asked. He even learned how to swallow a pill! He liked being waited on hand and foot and having control of the remote. He also liked peeing in the little handheld urinals. He didn't like having to stay in bed because he was tethered to cords and machines, but he made up for it as soon as he got home, running around like a mad man, jumping over couches etc. Really smart for a kid who had just gotten out of the hospital, huh? He had quite the case of "Roid Rage" from all the steroids he had to take. He is usually a pretty emotional little guy anyways, but it was ridiculous! He's doing much better now. We were bombarded with information at the hospital - movies, reading material etc., so now we feel much more prepared should it ever happen again. It was scary! I had never had any experience with Asthma, and I didn't know how serious it can be, but now that we know Aidan has it we can hopefully modify our home to help prevent this from happening again. Our dog might have to go.
I love that you wrote all of that down!
ReplyDeleteI am so bad at journaling, if nothing else that's what the blog is good for. So glad he's better. by the way he looks huge in the hospital bed, I thought it was ethan.
that is so scary! as always in a medical situation like that,you feel so helpless. two of ours had it bad enough that the doctor gave us an rx for a portable nebulizer & meds.
ReplyDeleteso glad to see him up and running around again.=)