Hospital Run

Well, I've had kids sick with stuffy noses and a cough. Kamry's stuffy nose was causing her problems, so I took her to the pediatrician on Monday, March 1st. At the pediatricians office her oxygen levels were low, so they gave her a breathing treatment to help get her oxygen up. It helped, but her oxygen levels dropped too quickly for the doctor to feel like she was okay. He advised us to go to the emergency room at a children's hospital in the area. At 4 weeks Kamry has gained 1lb., she now weighs 7lbs. 5oz. At the emergency room her oxygen levels were so low that we immediately were put in an emergency room. There she got oxygen, a breathing treatment, tested her for RSV, and a deep cleaning of her stuffy nose.

Poor baby, had to have the oxygen taped to her face so it would stay in place.


Kamry had such thick mucus that when they were suctioning her nose the nurse would have to run liquid to get the mucus thin enough to go through the tube. This is apparently why her oxygen levels were so low, the mucus was so thick she was having trouble breathing. The good news is she didn't have a fever and the RSV test came back negative. We were told that because she was so little she would be admitted to the hospital, even without her having RSV. We spent 4 hours in the ER waiting for a room to become available in the hospital. Due to flu season Richie was not allowed to come to Kamry's room, so my Bishop picked Richie up on his way home from work. Once in her hospital room Kamry was kept on oxygen and seen by a respiratory specialist a couple times. Since I was breastfeeding her the hospital fed me during her stay, which helped with the cost of food. Bobby took work off on Tuesday and Wednesday to take care of Richie and to allow me to go to school on Wednesday. Wednesday night Kamry was taken off oxygen and we were allowed to go home Thursday around noon. She is feeling much better, but still has a little bit of a stuffy nose and a cough which should go away in the next week the pediatrician at the hospital told us. We are very glad to be home and not hooked up to machines.

Kamry kept kicking off her heartrate and oxygen sensor, so they put a sock on over it. The sock kept falling off because it was too big, so they put a band around the sock to keep it on. The other bands were her hospital admittance band and a band to make sure no one kidnapped her.