Don't think I'm crazy for posting so early in the morning, I have a good excuse! =)
I ended up taking Lauren to the extended care hours at her doctors office tonight, she has a respiratory infection - again.
The doc started her on antibiotics and upped her breathing treatments to every four hours for the Xopenex, and every twelve hours for the Pulmocort. She seems to be responding well to the treatments, as far as the wheezing goes.
She's having a really rough night sleeping. I ended up drinking an energy drink to help me make it through this long night with her. I've learned that it's easier to just stay up and take care of her, rather than go to sleep and keep waking up, trying to do everything half asleep. She wakes up about every 15 to 30 Min's because the cough is so bad that it makes her oxygen tubing fall off and then she wakes up crying for a few seconds. I rub her back and she falls asleep for a little while, then wakes up again and the process repeats it's self all night long!
Her oxygen saturation's keep dropping. She's on five liters of oxygen and her numbers are hovering in the 93-94 range. Not good numbers, especially since she is using so much oxygen. I really wish her numbers were higher so I would feel comfortable going to sleep, my bed is looking mighty cozy right now, even though there is a three year old sprawled out in it!
There goes the alarm again, gotta go!
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In response to your comment. We got him stride rights. The PT said she wanted him to have shoes with ankle support and lace ups. And these are pretty much the standard for first shoes. So far he's doing pretty well with them.
Sorry Lauren is sick. Poor little love. You are such a brave mommy. You are the perfect mommy for her. I really admire all you do for your children.
Kim
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