Dylan has had a great past few weeks. We went away to Lake Red Rock a few weeks ago and had a blast. It was a nice getaway with friends not too far from home but a beautiful cabin on the lake. As you can see from the pics what a nice place it was. Then he got a bug that didn't settle so great with the little guy.
The week before is when Dylan had his 12 month shots. Well about 8 days later he got a fever and had a reaction to his Chicken pox vaccine. So we took him in and were told just to watch him and he could have a reaction for 5-29 days post vaccination. So he also developed a runny nose which can be a side effect of the vaccine also, and a rash on his cheek, leg and back.
The runny nose then turned into a horse voice for about 4 days and fussy baby. That then turned into a cold. We took him into the Ped Dr here last monday for a checkup. No meds were needed they said, just breathing treatments as needed and we tried a oral steriod in the nebulizer as well. They also checked his stats and he was breathing great without the oxygen.
So Friday we were to take him back for a re-check on the breathing etc. all precautionary. So Brad decided he would take him to his first appt by himself and get him all checked out, no problem. Well at the appt they checked his stats and they were definetely lower than they should be. So after several attempts to check him at different places on his body they decided he needed to go to the hospital. Upon arrival his stats were perfect, reading 97 which is normal. But at the doctor they could not get him above 92. RSV test was negative and his Complete Blood Count was within normal limits. The x-rays though did show a couple spots on his lungs of Pnemonia. Bummer deal..... so we were definetly there for the night. They started him on Prednisone and Zithromax with treatments every 4 hours along with the CPT, something they do for kids all of the time this time of year. The RT has a hand held device used to try and loosen the crud up in his lungs. It works great. But during the first night in Dylans' stats dropped considerably during the night requiring him to be put back on oxygen......... But as soon as he woke up his stats were fine and we could take the oxygen off. So this put us in the hospital for another night automatically.
Last night he did great, requiring no oxygen at all while he was asleep or awake. His stats during the day were 97 and even reaching 100 for the first time ever since he has been off oxygen. So this morning we were finally able to come home.
Dylan did great being hooked up to the monitors etc. He didn't ever try and pull anything off himself, he just wanted to chew on everything, not a good idea. The nurses and RT's loved his happiness and a few of the nurses and RT's definetly remembered him from when he was there when he was first born. One of the RT's was assigned to him the night he was transferred to the University. They treated Dylan so good this weekend and thank goodness he is better now. As you can see from the pictures, he didn't even come close to acting like he was sick.
So tomorrow we go back to the University for a couple appts we already had scheduled. One for him to have a scope procedure to check his windpipe, a followup apt from the on he had in May. The other appt is for his normal "high risk infant followup" to see how he is doing and growing without oxygen. So I plan on updating again after those appts.
The lord was definetly with us this weekend, helping Dylan get better and stay strong and fight. We are so lucky to have him with us today and we will do whatever it takes to keep him healthy!!~ p.s Brad already told me he will not attempt taking Dylan to another Dr. appt by himself, I think I can see why....~
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