First I will start by saying that Kennedee is ok, but unfortunately it looks like she has asthma. A couple times this summer she was breathing rapidly and wheezing, but it only lasted a day, so I never thought too much of it. It happened again on Thursday but got worse and worse. She was really strugggling to breathe and extremely lethargic all day..........so I took her to urgent care at 8pm. They gave her 2 breathing treatments, but the Dr. felt she needed more than they could give so he said we should go to the hospital. I went to pull the car around and when I returned, the Dr. said her oxygen was still rather low and he wanted to have her transported to the hospital via paramedics. Here is where I got more worried. They continued her breathing treatment in the ambulance truck to the hospital. She was given some chest x-rays and some other medications. She definitely was breathing so much better when they discharged us at 12:30am and I felt better about taking her home.
The next day I took her for a follow up at her pediatrician. At first the Dr. thought me might have to admit her to the hospital, but she responded well to 2 more breathing treatments in the office. So they said she had bronchiospasms and asthma. For now, we went and purchased a nebulizer to continue giving her meds at home. She fought it at first, but now is getting better at having the mask on her face. We'll follow up on Tuesday to get a better idea of what to expect in the future.
Poor baby.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
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Poor Kennedee! Our niece Paige also has breathing problems so she uses the mask. She does fight it sometimes but has gotten used to it. So sad.
I am sorry to hear about that. It's really hard to have a sick child and it's really hard when you can't just make them better. Anne had to use an inhaler for a few months at the beginning of the year but she is completely better. I hope the same for Kennedee.
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