Thursday, December 29, 2011

Rylin and her new story

Back in early November Rylin started just getting what we thought was a normal cold.  She had a runny nose and a little cough.  By the next day she was wheezing and working so hard to breath.  It came on so fast.  I had just been put in the Relief Society Presidency so I had not been around her most of the day and I get this text from Dustin saying to call him right away.  Earlier in September a doctor had given us some steroids for a minor case of croup which we never ended up needing to use.  The doctor had told us we could use it in the future so we decided to give her a steroid and see if it would help.  We sat out in the cold air too.  Nothing was helping, she just kept getting worse.  We took her up to instacare since it was Sunday night and we would have been waiting for about 40 minutes but when Dustin told them what was wrong, they had us bring her in right away.  They tested her oxygen and it was way low.  The nurse was freaking out how hard she was working to breath.  The doctor came in and said they were going to do a breathing treatment with a nebulizer right away and if it didn't help they would be taking her to the hospital in an ambulance.  So I am freaking out thinking I am a horrible mother.  I didn't realize it was that bad.  The breathing treatment was amazing!  Right away it opened her airway and helped her a ton.  They also did x-rays and put her on antibiotics because they thought she may have either bronchitis or phemonia.  They sent us home with the nebulizer to keep giving treatments as needed.  I am so thankful for those nebulizers.  She was completely better within a day or two after that. 
So about a week and a half ago the same thing started to happen all over again.  It started out as a runny nose and a little cough one day, by night she was having a harder time breathing and starting to sound wheezy.  Thankfully we made it through the night and I took her to the doctor the next morning.  She wasn't quite as bad as before but we didn't want to let it get that far.  This time her doctor had us buy a nebulizer that we will always have.  She didn't put her on any antibiotics.  The breathing got better right away and she was breathing normally in a day or two and then her cold just took its course.  Her doctor says she may have a bit of asthma but they aren't sure.  If she does have asthma it could also go away.  I really hope it goes away.  I am so thankful for modern medicince and technology.  I don't know what people would do if they didn't have that help.  It's kind of scary to have to rely on something to help your child breath but I am so thankful to have it there when she needs it. 

1 comment:

Bella Announcements said...

So scary! Glad she has found some relief!