Sweet little Gabriel was taken by ambulance from his pediatrician's office to the children's hospital on Monday morning due to pneumonia. It all started a week ago Sunday when he spiked a 103 temp. I took him to the doctor on Monday and again on Wednesday because he was constantly battling fevers in the 103 - 105 range. He was a sick little man, but he had no other symptoms so it was chalked up to a nasty virus. Friday night was rough because he starting coughing and coughing and coughing. Back to the pediatrician we went on Saturday morning...diagnosis was pneumonia. The doctor at the walk in clinic was confident that with a strong antibiotic and regular nebulizer treatments he would improve within 24 hours. If he was not showing improvement I was bring him back to the clinic on Sunday. He did not show improvement... he actually had worse night Saturday night as he would cough so hard that he would throw up. Sunday was a crazy, crazy day. I took little man back to the walk clinic as I was instructed. They checked his oxygen saturation levels which were a bit low at 88% - typically above 90% is ideal. The doctor thought he looked better than the day before but ordered chest x-ray and added steroids to his treatment plan. We were instructed to follow up with our regular pediatrician the next morning. The x-ray confirmed pneumonia and the steroids made him super CRAZY! As instructed we headed to our regular pediatrician on Monday morning. I wasn't quite sure how he was doing because he was experiencing some mighty roid rage and was bouncing off the walls. The follow up appointment was quite the ordeal. My mom stayed home with Luke and Avery tagged along to the doctor's office. We quickly found out that the steroids were masking his condition as his O2 levels were hanging in the 82-85% range even after his breathing treatment. All of that landed us in the hospital.
We are still here. Gabriel has had a couple of rough days. He had to be put on I.V. fluids and antibiotics along with oxygen. God bless medical professionals who have the job of putting I.V.s in children because that has to be the worst job ever. He slept away most of Monday and Tuesday. Yesterday was a bit better although he still required oxygen. He was weaned off the O2 around 3 a.m. There is hope that we may get to go home later this afternoon.
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Mel -- I am so sorry to hear this about sweet Gabe and your family. What a scary experience this is for all of you, and that this isn't the first time :(. I also hope he can go home soon and recover at home. I'm glad you have support for taking care of your other kids, too. I'm praying for Gabe and for his healing. Karin
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