The ER

I had to take my precious baby boy to the ER last week.  I was sick with a fever and cough at the beginning of the week and by Wednesday Tay had a low grade fever too.  By Thursday at 11 he was breathing really rapidly and his fever was 102 and wasn't going down.  I called the Dr.'s office and they said to get him to the ER right away.  So I scooped him up and off we went to Kaiser.  We waited for quite some time but I didn't mind because he slept on me in the carrier the entire time.  The ER was full so when they called us back to check him out they put us in the hall and informed me that they would be sending us back into the waiting room.  Just as she was about to give him Tylenol a room opened up and the nurse put us in there right away (ahead of 4 other patients too).  I was so thankful that we were in the peace and quiet together and he just laid on me wheezing with each breath.  The Dr. came in and said he probably had a small blockage in his bronchial tubes and they gave him a couple breathing treatments.  After his airways opened up and his fever went down they gave us out own nebulizer and a stock of albuterol and released us.  As soon as we got home he was starting to look like himself again and by Friday afternoon he was running around outside with his daddy.  It was such a scary experience and I pray I never have to live through that again, but I am so happy he is on the mend!