Well our "Nathan not
being hospitalized
since leaving the
NICU streak" is
officially over.
On Thursday Feb. 22,
Nate woke up with a
high fever but had
no outward symptoms
of anything.. still
we made an
appointment for him
because he had just
gotten over an upper
respiratory
infection in
January. So Friday
he went to
pediatrics and was
placed on a low dose
anti-biotic and some
oral steroids as a
precaution and we
started breathing
treatments at home.
Monday morning (Feb
26th) his
temperature spiked
and we took him to
the ER around 6 a.m.
They swabbed and
tested him for strep
and RSV, he tested
positive for RSV, so
they gave us more
antibiotics and sent
us on our way home
with instructions to
see our pediatrician
in a day or two.. we
were at pediatrics
the next day,
Tuesday. They gave
Nathan a good once
over and decided he
was laboring to
breathe a little bit
and checked his
oxygen levels. He
wasn't saturating as
well as he should
have been so they
put him on oxygen
and decided we would
be admitted. Nathan
was taken by
ambulance to the
hospital with me
following behind. He
was NOT happy.
First of all, the
kid has never spent
that much time away
from Randy or
myself, and the few
times he has been
away from us it has
been with family he
has seen and knows
and only for maybe
an hour at the
time.. secondly his
own MOTHER just
wheeled him up to
the ambulance
waiting outside the
clinic and HANDED
him over. This did
not go over well and
I think he's still
mad at me!
So
we were admitted and
spent the next 6
days sitting in his
little room watching
tv and being peeked
at, poked at, and
prodded at every 2
hours or so. He was
on an IV drip with
some good strong
anti-biotics and
also because he
wasn't eating and
was a bit
dehydrated! He
tolerated it pretty
well all in all. But
he didn't make
friends with any of
the nurses. They
were his sworn enemy
no matter how nice
they were to him. He
was released from
the hospital on
Sunday March 4th,
but he is on oxygen
therapy still. We
got our big *kegger*
delivered and a
couple of small
portable ones with a
wheelie for them.
Nate is doing okay
now, he doesn't try
to take his nasal
canula off but you
can frequently hear
him yelling "I'm
stuck, I'm stuck"
then the cord gets
caught on something!
Here are some
pictures of his
hospital stay.
Here are some
links to information
about RSV.
CDC - Respiratory
Syncytial Virus
RSV Info Center
RSV Prevention
Information
Kids Health
page made by
Nathan's Mommy
