Scary...........

Today I stayed home with Rebecca because she was coughing and had a fever last night into this morning and just would not sleep. She "tossed her dinner" last night because she was coughing so bad. Once she would get her breath, it would start all over again. Well, this morning, as soon as her pediatrician's office opened up, I was on the phone with them trying to get an appointment for ANY time possible. Lucky thing I did.

Rebecca went to the office at 1pm, and we were there early. Rebecca's breathing just sounded weird and was so "tight". Nothing was working over-the-counter wise. As soon as the doctor heard her breathing, she immediately called for a nebulizer treatment to be started on Rebecca and a strep test was given to her. IT WAS POSITIVE, by the way. In came the nurse with a dinosaur head mask, tubing and the nebulizer machine itself for Rebecca. After about 10 minutes of breathing in the smokiness of Albuterol, Rebecca's breathing was 100% improved!!!! In a matter of minutes! So, I was told either Rebecca has the beginnings of Asthma or she has allergies and asthma. *oh boy* After 3 prescriptions later, one nebulizer machine, she's back on the mend. We did have to go to the hospital, but it was worth it!

I tell you, this happened back in January (or February) at the Urgent Care, but this came on so quickly! It's kinda scary because you never know when Rebecca is just coughing to be coughing or something more to it. Being her mom, I tend to allow her time to try and get rid of things by herself before intervention with meds, but today was a "mom's intuition" thing. I'm glad the Lord gave it to me!!!

She's had 2 treatments so far and we are ready, tonight, if she needs more. We have 25 vials if need be! *God I hope we don't use them all tonight!* Suppose to be every 4 hours, but we were given instructions for use of them for more severe stuff.

Hopefully, this too will pass.

From the mommy files