Over the weekend, we noticed that Ben was wheezing. Really wheezing. He sounded like an old man with emphysema. It was noticeable on Saturday (when his pedi has office hours), but got really bad on Sunday. I called the doctor and he told me to wait until Monday to bring him in. Since he wasn't having retractions and wasn't in distress, he didn't want Ben to be exposed to all the germs in the ER. It was nerve wracking though, listening to his lungs crackle like Rice Krispies.
Dave brought him in on Monday and he was given a nebulizer treatment. Luckily, his O2 sats were at 100 so we didn't have the same issue that put us in the hospital 2 weeks ago. The doctor then prescribed him a nebulizer with steroids and the whole sha-bang. We have to torture him 4x/day. Here's what my poor little monkey looks like with his pathetic little machine...
The mask is supposed to resemble a fish.
We think he just looks like he has 4 eyes.
We're supposed to bring him back in a week to check his lungs again. We're crossing our fingers that this isn't a chronic thing...
1 comment:
Haha! Liam had the same fish one...why they chose a fish I will never understand! Nebulizers are a wonderful thing though, wheezy babies are terrifying. Glad to hear it works for him.
And you two seriously make some of the cutest babies around!
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