Hospital Visit

This week has been a very scary week for us. On Monday evening Eli developed a cough. We didn't think much about it, just assumed that here comes another cold. Well, on Tuesday Eli wasn't only coughing a lot, but also was vomiting and acting very lethargic. He was definitely not himself. After he took a short nap I noticed his breathing wasn't normal. He was really struggling. I called the pediatrician, but they could not get him in until in the afternoon, and she recommended that I take him to the ER. I'm so thankful that I listened because Eli was immediately put on nebulizer treatments, oxygen and admitted into the hospital. The doctors weren't positive what was going on, but believe it was a respiratory virus or allergies that caused an asthma attack. (Eli has never had issues with asthma, so this was all new to us.) For the first 24 hours they also had to treat it like it could be the H1N1 virus, so Eli was put in a quarantined room and anyone that came into the room had to wear masks and robes. Anyway, after 3 days and 2 nights Eli is home. We are continuing nebulizer treatments every 4 to 6 hours, plus he is still taking an oral steroid. Next Tuesday we will go see the pediatrician for Eli's check up. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers during this week...they definitely helped.


After Eli's tests came back negative for H1N1 Eli was able to move around the hospital floor. Daddy took this cute video of him walking his IV around.