Saturday, June 19, 2010

Please, no more doctor visits...

On top of moving last week we had a week of doctors visits. Some expected and one that was not. Carter had a eye doctor screening to see if he needed glasses and after waiting 3.5 hours we were told he does not need glasses. He was slightly disappointed because he wanted to be like daddy. Both kids ended the week at the dentist with No Cavities! Wahoo! Let just say we have had a our share of doctor visit waiting times.

Ashlynn had her 5 year check up visit and was not happy about getting her kindergarten shots. Although, she is so excited for school to start she was willing to get the shots.

Poor Carter, he had a bad respiratory reaction to paint fumes and almost landed him at night in the hospital. We had been painting the new house for last week and half and for some reason he had respiratory reaction the last day we painted. He was breathing very rapidly with his tummy, he could not catch his breath. I had him try to rest and lay down thinking it could be an anxiety attack, but then it just wasn't getting better. When I took him in to the doctor his oxygen saturation was 84-86% and the rest of his vitals were ugly. We stayed at the doctor for 4 hours doing breathing treatments, getting him oral steroids, antibiotics and a chest x-ray. They wanted to admit him because his sats were not improving, but instead we were sent home and told to come back and recheck his vitals in 2 hours. When we returned to the doctor his sats and vitals were much improved. So, we were given the option to go home or stay at the hospital for observation. I chose to go home and I did albuterol treatments every 2 hours through the night. Carter is now completely fine its like it never happened.

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1 comment:

Laura said...

Busy week! Carter has the perfect excuse to never paint. His poor future wife.