Poor Benny had to spend all day Monday and Monday night at Parkview Hospital. He woke up many times during the night on Sunday with a fever and really struggling to breathe. Around 4:30 a.m. Monday morning I decided to take him to the E.R. I was hoping after a breathing treatment we would be heading home. Well, after three breathing treatments he was still wheezing quite a bit and had low oxygen levels so he was admitted. After a chest x-ray our pediatrician determined that he basically just had an asthma attack triggered by a virus, allergies, or both.
While in the hospital he had breathing treatments every 4 hours around the clock. He was also getting IV medication (steroids). He was an AWESOME patient! He never cried or fought what the doctors and nurses wanted him to do, even when getting his IV in! He loved getting all the apple juice he wanted on demand from the nurses and watching as much TV as possible!
Grandma Parker brought Taylor and Drew to visit Monday evening. They all three enjoyed getting to play in the hospital playroom.
He kept his oxygen levels up all Monday night while he slept so we were discharged Tuesday morning. It was obvious he was feeling much better!
Tomorrow is Ben's last day to take the oral steroids (what he was getting through his IV) and he will continue to have breathing treatments twice a day for a month. Now we are dealing with his crazy behavior/lack of appetite while on all this medicine. I'm hoping after he's done with the oral medication he starts to level out a little bit.....he has been SO hyper and not sleeping or eating well.
