Last Tuesday night, after feeding Tucker he coughed 3 times. It was a strained cough, and it sounded like it hurt him to cough. I thought about it and choose not to call his VNA RN because it was so late, and he had an appointment with his PCP first thing in the morning.
That night he slept for six hours straight, I was a little alarmed as he was not taking much by mouth, so off to the pediatrician we went. We were seen right away and our MD took a lot of time with him, we checked his O2 level and it was in the low 80's not as high as usual, but when I was there Tucker started to fuss and I fed him a little and he started to retract. (working extra hard to breathe). His nostrils started to flare so his PCP called his cardiologist Dr. Porras. He told me to go directly to the Emergency room at Children's Hospital. We arrived at 11am, and we were taken into the triage area for just a moment and wisked away within moments to a trama room.
They tried several times to obtain an IV line (8 to be exact) without success. So they placed an NG tube and gave him hydration. It wasn't long that we were shipped off to X-ray. Sadly there was fluid in his lungs, so we were admitted. After 6 hours in the ER, we were given a room on the pediatric cardiology floor (8 east). Pam packed my stuff and Kevin brought it to Gary at work, so I could have some clean clothes at the hospital.
Over the next few days Tucker was seen by many MD's and it was determined that they could not tell if he was fighting a cold or if his fluid was built up in his chest from discontinuing his Lasix. So he was restarted on it while in the hospital. During his stay they didnt have his formula in the hospital so it was the perfect time to switch it since the Pediatritian was suspecting a milk allergy, so he was switched to Nutramigen.
On Friday Gary came into Boston and let me go home to spend time with Spencer and so I got to sleep in our bed. The bed at the hospital is terrible! It's actually a plastic fold out pad. They should print an add for a chiropractor right on it.
Saturday morning I brought Spencer into Childrens to see Tucker. He was so happy to see him. Around noon we got the word that Tucker was doing fine and that we would be discharged shortly. Yay...Finally!
Saturday night there was a mix up giving Tucker his new medication doses, I gave him five times the amount that I should have given him of his Plavix. I panicked and called 8 east while I started packing an overnight bag. The NP had the cardiologist on call return my call. After consulting with the pharmacy they told me that the overdose would be ok. Whew...I have learned a valuable lesson here!
So Tucker is now home resting and getting a little bit better everyday. We have an appointment for Tuckers second dose of Cynergist on Thursday.
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