medical update for the Girl

There was another bit of a scare.  Yesterday, the Girl got a (more or less) clean bill of health from the doctor.  Another lab requisition to make sure the antibiotics were working, and that was it.  Then, after we got home from picking the Boy up from school and doing our monthly big shopping trip, we noticed she was a bit laboured in her breathing.  Not the inhale, but the exhale.  Alright, she has a cold.  This isn't exactly uncommon.  Then, when Hubby got back later in the evening, it was worse.  And she was yelling about "not wanting to" and "Momma!  Momma!" and "need drink water."  All while sleeping, or trying to.

So at about 2am this morning, Hubby decided he was going to take her into the Stollery Children's Hospital again.  This was really scary.  So I got up and packed a small bag of books and diapers, sippy and snacks while Hubby took the base of Girl2's carseat out of the van.  This way, if they weren't back by the time the Boy had to be at school, I would be able to take everyone in the truck.  It's a good thing we had the foresight to do that.

I hugged and kissed them goodbye, brought my phone up, and tried to get back to sleep.  I fed the baby, texted with Hubby as he recieved updates.  They gave the Girl an inhaler, took some x-rays, put in an IV, all trying to figure out what was wrong.  It's just reacting really poorly to her cold, as far as we can tell.  Her chest and throat were so constricted, she had to have help opening it up.  Luckily the inhaler worked fine.  (It took a few times to really get it though.  Most kids come in and get one dose and are set on their ways.  The Girl had 3, I think)

So we're all home now.  I called a friend to watch Boy2 and Girl2 so I could go in and visit with her, and we all got home shortly before 2 this afternoon.  She still isn't 100%, but she has a bit more of an appetite than she had and we have the inhaler for her, should we need it.  I hope there will be no more emergency trips out to Edmonton.  At least not in the near future.  I am immensely grateful for the wonderful staff at the Stollery.