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Well, that was fun! :D
Kenshin has bronchialitis. It's worse than bronchitis, but not as bad as pneumonia. On Thursday, he started wheezing (after a few days of a runny nose, and throwing up twice in 3 days), so I called the clinic to get him in that day. Now, this is a military clinic, so the person answering the phone doesn't really listen, they just type stuff. I told her that my son was wheezing, and she said, "There's an opening at 8 am tomorrow." "I don't think you understand. He's not breathing right. Don't you have something sooner? If not, I'll have to take him to the ER." "Well, there's one at 2:15, but that's in five minutes and it's not long enough-" "I live on the base! I'll be there in 3 minutes! Bye!" And then I literally ran out the door, with Kenshin in my arms and Krillin running behind me, crying, "But I need my sandles ON, mom!" Anyway, we got there in 5 minutes, then had to wait 15 minutes. grrr!! His oxygen level was down to 95, and he had a temp of 100F. He was diagnosed right there in the room, and they started a nebulizer treatment right there. Afterwards, his oxygen was down to 93, and the fever was up to 101F. I was FREAKING OUT! They gave him another treatment and some ibuprofen, and he fell asleep. After that, his oxygen had jumped up to 97, and the fever was down to 98F. Hallelujah! They "don't know" if it was caused by a virus or bacteria, so they prescribed amoxicillin "just in case" (yes, I soooo enjoy pumping my son full of medicine which may turn out to be completely unnecessary, thanks!), plus the nebulizer (albuterol) and prednisolone. I had to wait in the lobby for the prescriptions, and was there almost 45 minutes (with Krillin and Kenshin running around like the boys they are), when Kenshin puked. LOL Good thing I held him over the tile floor, instead of just holding him on the carpet where he crashed. Actually, I couldn't stop laughing. I truly thought it was funny. LOL So then the tech behind the counter took pity on me (probably thought I was losing my marbles) and moved me "to the front of the line" so I didn't have to wait any longer. I did clean up the puke! I felt so bad at the though of someone else having to clean it, LOL. Anyway, he's been on the albuterol, etc since then. The nebulizer has to be done every 4-6 hours, which is very wearisome. for me! LOL He's so over it, too. We now have a system that works, though. He gets to "lay down" on his bean bag, on his bed, and I put the nebulizer on the bed, which causes it to vibrate a bit, which lulls him to sleep. Then he doesn't fight the breathing, and I get a few minutes (sometimes deca-minutes, lol) to either sleep with him, or pretend to clean the house.
well, I'm off to bed for a few hours before Kenshin needs another treatment. Have fun! :)
