Buy two, get one free?

Brendan spent most of last week sick. Aside from the fact that he had a fever, you never would’ve known. He stayed home sick all week. On Thursday I took him into the doctor because if you have a fever for four days, there has to be something wrong with you. They checked him out and his ears were pink. It was the start of an ear infection. So, we got him some meds and moved on with life.

I got ready for work Friday and was on my way out the door. Brendan woke up so I went in to give him his medicine. He literally had NO voice and was really warm. I gave him some ibuprofen for his fever and he couldn’t even swallow it. Poor kid. I changed plans and stayed home with him again. I got some liquid ibuprofen and he was feeling better, but not as perky as he had been all week long. He wanted to play outside for a bit so he did. He came in and ASKED to take a nap. He took his nap and when he got up he was breathing like he had just run a mile. As soon as Jeremy got home, we headed to Urgent Care to have it checked out.





When we got to Urgent Care they tried to check his oxygen level and he was not having it. The harder they tried, the harder he fought. By the time they got a reading they moved us from Urgent Care to the ER. We had a doctor and five nurses swarming us in the blink of an eye. They called in the anesthesiologist because he was having such a hard time breathing that they thought they may have to intibate him. He ended up getting multiple nebulizer treatments, an IV, and chest x-rays while they worked to figure out what the problem was. The nebulizers did the trick and his breathing got better. They thought maybe he had pneumonia, but his lungs were clear. They thought maybe an allergic reaction to his meds. They said both RSV and Croup are going around. In the end, he had croup. It bought him a night in the hospital. Apparently, Brendan enjoyed his one on one time last weekend so much that he decided to take it to the next level. He was pretty exhausted a slept almost the whole time. When he did wake up he was NOT happy. He had to be monitored and he repeatedly ripped off the leads. He had an IV and the splinted his arm so he couldn’t bend it. He could slip that off. When he did keep all the wires attached properly, he would toss and turn and wrap himself up in the cords. He needed to be cuddled the entire time we were at the hospital. We had to switch off every now and then.



Our regular doctor came in and said his oxygen level had been at 100% thru the night so there was no reason for us to stay. She set us free. He was pretty groggy on the way home and dozed off and on, but once he was home he bounced right back. He wanted to go for a walk in the woods, read books, color. He did anything and everything he could think of to continue the one on one attention.
By Sunday, he was feeling “fantastic”, in his words. By Sunday night he had his voice back. Now he’s back to 100%. It’s a good thing I took him in, but I don’t think it would’ve ever escalated to that if I had stayed home. He got himself so worked up that just made the breathing way worse.
We’re wondering if hospitals run deals? Two stays, get one free? I’m hoping we’re done with hospitals now.