There is never a lack of excitement around here. Whether the fun type or scary type there is always something going on. Monday night we had a little of the not so good excitement when we were introduced to a totally new asthma experience. Junior has always had asthma troubles but his asthma has never been the typical type. With him asthma means he gets super gunky and may have a few wheezes. Monday evening he was fussing and crying and I noticed it didn't sound right. Pretty soon he was making a whistling sound and looking very scared. I got a nebulizer treatment started but it wasn't working because he was too upset to allow it to get into his lungs. I finally got right down in his face and told him he was going to be okay but needed to look at me and breathe with me. He then calmed enough to get a couple breathes of med into his lungs and things started to relax.
Scary and something totally new for him so Tuesday morning I was on the phone with the doctor and then went and saw her. She checked him out but wanted him to see pulmo before deciding on a plan of action. I didn't expect to get in with Pulmo until the following day so we headed home only to get a call(just as we walked in the door) to bring him on in. They told me he had a bronch-spasm and it could very well happen again. We hope it was a one time thing brought on by a combination of trying to recover from illness, weather change, and high pollen count but asthma can change over the years so this could be a new component. They gave us Atrovent(an anti-spasmodic) to give at the first sign of issues so hopefully that will help.
Junior seems to be doing much better as far as the illness is concerned and is needing very little oxygen. The antibiotic and prednisone are really messing with his system. Along with the typical tummy aches they are causing an increase in his seizure activity and he is having a lot of muscle twitches. Poor guy is not getting a whole lot of sleep because of this. Yesterday his arm was twitching/jerking and he go upset and was hollering "O out"(No out). I am hoping the neuro will have some suggestions to help with this until he is off the added meds.
To say the least we are just a little tired and hopefully today will be a nice boring day.
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2 comments:
It's a good excuse to sit in your chair and get in some good cuddles with Junior. I'm really sorry he's been struggling so much lately. I pray he settles out soon. Thinking of you guys!!! xoxo
so sorry he had such a scary occurance...hopefully it was a one time thing and hope they can get the meds situated and the seizures calm down.
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