our weekend adventure...

we noticed that max was getting a little congested on friday. we had our fingers crossed that it would stop there...we were wrong.

i slept in max's room friday night and at 6:15am saturday morning max's coughing fit woke me up. he was as red as a tomato and was struggling to catch his breath. so we packed his diaper bag and were off to the emergency room.

they heard him, and not knowing that he was already a noisy breather, they were very concerned. they ushered us to a room, got max hooked up to an oxygen sensor and discovered that he was in the mid-80's. the doctor came in and ordered up an albuterol breathing treatment. he got that and then a chest x-ray. then they put him on humidified oxygen until they decided what they wanted to do.

they decided to send us over to children's hospital in neenah. the nurse told us if our pediatrician was on call that they would have admitted us there...but i guess with his pre-existing condition, they didn't want to deal with the possible complications.

so max and i had our first ride in an ambulance. we got all checked into room 426 at children's. they wanted to monitor him and keep an eye on his oxygen levels. they re-read his chest x-ray to determine that there was no pneumonia or issues with his lungs. they tested him for influenza which came back negative. the eventual diagnosis...bronchiolitis...or basically a cold. we ended up staying the night. he was suctioned out about 7 times in 24 hours and that really seemed to help. the doctor this morning felt comfortable sending him home...

so we're home with a fussy little guy who is just miserable. i think he's glad to be home and also think he wants so badly to feel better.

hopefully he is on the mend and that we don't have to make any more trips back to the er anytime soon!