Another trip to the ER

Yes, you read the title right. We have done so well the last year not having to go to the ER, but that luck ended on Thursday. Thursday morning Collin woke up having a hard time with his breathing. So I gave him a breathing treatment and he was doing quite a bit better. So, I took all the boys to their last day of preschool. At the end the parents got to go for snacks and closing circle and by the time I got there, Collin wasn't doing to well. So as soon as preschool was over, I headed home and gave him another treatment. We kept doing treatments throughout the day and they helped for about an hour and then he wasn't doing to good. So after dinner I sent Matt and Collin to Community Care. Matt told them I had done 5 breathing treatments throughout the day and they tested his Oxygen level and it was at 87. Not so good. So they told him he should take him up to the ER. So Matt came home and switched me places. He had homework to do, so I took Collin and he stayed home with the other kids.

We got to the ER around 8 p.m. They got him checked out and they did a chest x-ray, gave him a heavy duty breathing treatment and then they hooked up an IV to get some fluids in him and give him so meds. The first try on the IV was a no go, so they had to try a second time. The poor kid was totally traumatized. To top it all off, it was past his bedtime and he was so tired. So we waited for the IV to run and then they gave him some antibiotics through the IV because there was some yucky stuff around his lungs. So by the time they did all that, his breathing was definately better, so they sent us home. We got home around 11 p.m. and Collin was still awake. He was such a little trooper and did so well. After a weekend of all three boys coughing and having snotty noses, they all seem to be feeling better. Thank goodness, because I hate being sick at our house.

Last night all the boys wanted to get in the playpen and play and they laid down. All three of the them fit, but they looked like sardines all lined up. It was pretty cute.

Brock has really been into dressing up in Kayla's dress ups lately. He is so darn cute. His dad just loves it.