Jeric Home from Hospital...Again!

Jeric started getting sick on last tuesday, he had his two week check up that day. The Dr. looked at him and said everything looked fine but if he got worse to bring him back in. Well, two days later we were back in. He said he was pre-RSV and wrote up an order for him to go to hospital and get suctioned out. I did that for three days and he seemed to be doing about the same. Then on sunday he seemed so tired, I thought growth spurt, but then he wouldn't wake up to eat and that night started looking really pale to brad and I.

We took him in to get suctioned that night and his oxygen saturtion was 89 (they want to see it above 90 and it should normally be at 98-100) As she was suctioning his number was dropping and he got down to 71%. So, they had to admit him to the hospital. He was hooked up to oxygen and an IV and ECG machine and something else that I don't remember. I just know it was a lot of cords to deal with and I couldn't hold him as much as I wanted because if I did, they machines would all go haywire and they would have to come in a re-situate everything again.

I just got home yesterday late afternoon. His oxygen is still suffering, so we had medical tech's come out yesterday and set our house up with oxygen etc. He has to be on it all the time until the dr. okays otherwise. He has to stay in my bedroom all of the time, because he is hooked up with the tubes and oximeter monitor. But it is still nice to be home and to hold him and talk to him...only two cords to deal with instead of 15! We will slowly start to ween him off of it when we get the okay from the Dr. He stays really good at 98-100 with the oxygen, but if we take it off, he drops to low 80's again. So he definately still needs it. We decided that one month rental of the oxygen equipment is as much or less then one night stay in the hospital, so we are glad to be home!

We sure hope he gets better and can get stronger in health after he does. So that he can fight off other things. It is so hard when they are so little and still growing. Brad and I feel so helpless, all we can do it pray and keep him on the oxygen. I have decided it isn't any fun having one of your own children in the hospital and hope we don't have to do it again anytime soon.