The "scare" started this evening when Harrison had a coughing attack that he couldn't seem to control. He was crying and coughing with no end in sight. Daddy gave Harrison his inhaler in hoping to find some relief. Things turned around a bit after that, but not to the point we felt comfortable without him being seen at urgent care.
We tried Urgent Care in Winona---we arrived about 5:30 PM to finding signs hanging saying they are no longer taking any more patients for the night they are FULL. Daddy placed a call to the nurses line at Gundersen hoping they could point us in a better direction. The nurse on the phone suggested that we take Harrison to the Gundersen Onalaska Urgent Care---they see children until 9 PM and won't turn us away.
We arrived at just over 6 PM in Onalaska. Looking around at the population it was the place to be for toddlers tonight. There were about 10 sick toddlers all waiting to be seen.
Finally at about 7 PM we were called back. Harrison was still running a temp of about 100. The nurse said the wait to be seen is still quite a while, but Harrison got a little VIP treatment with his oxygen at 88 %. The nurse said given the way his lungs sounded and his young age we got a room sooner that the rest.
The doctor came and did a full exam--which included getting swabbed for strep again (which thankfully came back negative). Next was a nebulizer breathing treatment. You can only imagine how fun it was holding a mask over his face (it took 3 of us) and it was probably one of the longest 7-8 minutes of our lives---he cried the entire time.
Next we were taken to x-ray for a chest x-ray. This was even more fun than the nebulizer treatment. You would think he would have been exhausted from the all the crying, but he was no where near. The technicians couldn't position and hold him correctly--even with our help. So they went to plan B strapping his arms and legs down and I had to hold his chin up. The worst part? Having to do this twice...they were able to get to right views in the first x-rays.
The x-rays showed pneumonia. That's right after 9 days of vomiting a week ago he now has pneumonia. My guess is that he could have aspirated with all the vomiting and that could be the cause of this pneumonia.
He started on Augmentin (antibiotic), Prednisone (Steriod) tonight and he will continue on his inhaler regularly.
Leaving urgent care tonight his oxygen was back up to 96%--a much more acceptable level.
It's Daddy's turn to stay home with Harrison tomorrow. Mommy will take Wednesday if he needs one more day and R & R.
It's time for bed. Mommy & Harrison are sick and daddy probably isn't far behind.
Thank you germs.
We tried Urgent Care in Winona---we arrived about 5:30 PM to finding signs hanging saying they are no longer taking any more patients for the night they are FULL. Daddy placed a call to the nurses line at Gundersen hoping they could point us in a better direction. The nurse on the phone suggested that we take Harrison to the Gundersen Onalaska Urgent Care---they see children until 9 PM and won't turn us away.
We arrived at just over 6 PM in Onalaska. Looking around at the population it was the place to be for toddlers tonight. There were about 10 sick toddlers all waiting to be seen.
Finally at about 7 PM we were called back. Harrison was still running a temp of about 100. The nurse said the wait to be seen is still quite a while, but Harrison got a little VIP treatment with his oxygen at 88 %. The nurse said given the way his lungs sounded and his young age we got a room sooner that the rest.
The doctor came and did a full exam--which included getting swabbed for strep again (which thankfully came back negative). Next was a nebulizer breathing treatment. You can only imagine how fun it was holding a mask over his face (it took 3 of us) and it was probably one of the longest 7-8 minutes of our lives---he cried the entire time.
Next we were taken to x-ray for a chest x-ray. This was even more fun than the nebulizer treatment. You would think he would have been exhausted from the all the crying, but he was no where near. The technicians couldn't position and hold him correctly--even with our help. So they went to plan B strapping his arms and legs down and I had to hold his chin up. The worst part? Having to do this twice...they were able to get to right views in the first x-rays.
The x-rays showed pneumonia. That's right after 9 days of vomiting a week ago he now has pneumonia. My guess is that he could have aspirated with all the vomiting and that could be the cause of this pneumonia.
He started on Augmentin (antibiotic), Prednisone (Steriod) tonight and he will continue on his inhaler regularly.
Leaving urgent care tonight his oxygen was back up to 96%--a much more acceptable level.
It's Daddy's turn to stay home with Harrison tomorrow. Mommy will take Wednesday if he needs one more day and R & R.
It's time for bed. Mommy & Harrison are sick and daddy probably isn't far behind.
Thank you germs.
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