Saturday morning, she wasn't appearing to feel much better, so I called the doctor's office to see if I could get in. Dr. Natalie was not in, and the earliest appointment with with another doctor in the Dreyer network, Dr. Skurka at 10:30, so we took it. We went to see Dr. Skurka and he said that Tessa had croup. He put her on the prednisone medicine to reduce the inflamation in her bronchials, and we went home. We got a cool mist humidfier for her room, put her on motrin every 6-8 hours and hoped she would be feeling better soon. She actually slept really good Saturday night, I was rather surprised.
Then that brings us to today. She woke up this morning and seemed to be feeling better. We didn't go to church since she had croup, so David, Tessa and I just stayed home and had our Valentine's Day at home together. After her first morning nap, I got her dressed up in her Valentine's Day dress and she looked so cute. We gave her the gift we got her which was a couple outfits, a Mickey & Minnie plate and bowl, a book and a Baby Einstein toy. She really enjoyed it. Then after church, Grandpa Wayne and Grandma Vicki stopped by to wish Tessa a Happy Valentine's Day. They brought her a v-day present which was a book and her Easter dress, sweater and headband (which Tessa broke 10 minutes later). As the afternoon wore on, I started to notice that her breathing was becoming very labored and she was wheezing quite often. I watched her for a good part of the afternoon and it didn't seem to be getting any better so I called the on-call doctor in the Dreyer pediatric group. He called me back and I explained what had happened yesterday and how she was doing today, and his suggestion was to take her to the ER, so...we...did.
We left home around 4 and got the Rush-Copley ER around 4:30. We waited a while in the waiting room, then they took us to triage with the first nurse, then she took us to another triage where we went through the whole thing with a second (rather creepy) male nurse. He then took us to a trauma room to wait for the pediatric doctor. We waited forever in the trauma room before yet another, very nice, nurse came in. She listened to her lungs and said she could definitely hear her wheezing. Then we waited forever for the ER doctor to come in. She came in, we gave the whole story again, she listened to her lungs and checked her out. Right away she told us that she has an ear infection (which Dr. Skurka did not find or it wasn't there yesterday) and she said her lungs sounds tight and wheezy. She wanted Tessa to do a breathing treatment and get a chest x-ray. We did the breathing treatment which you would have thought was a step below prison torture. She screamed and screamed and screamed. She was dripping with sweat by the time we were done. Then we had to go to get the chest x-ray. I got back in the room with her and there was a little chair that she had to sit in. It honestly looked like an electric chair, it was a metal straight backed chairs and she had to sit in in then they put a big velcro strap across her chest and one across her lap. As if that didn't upset her enough, I then had to hold her arms above her head by her elbows during the picture. So finally we got back to the trauma room and waited again, forever, for the doctor to come back. She came and told us the chest x-ray looked clear, but that she was absolutely certain that Tessa has RSV. She didn't want to the do the test for RSV because it involves sticking a tube through her nose and she was already worked up enough for the night, but even without the test, the doctor was absolutely sure it was RSV.
So, 5 hours later, we finally made it home. Tessa was a wreck, so tired and really not feeling well. So let's recap - 5 hour hospital trip, Tessa with croup, ear infection and RSV, and now 3 meds that she has to be taking over the next few days. Oh, what a memorable first Valentine's Day for my sweet Tessa Charlotte. I love you baby and I hope you feel better soon!
Here's a few pictures from our memorable Valentine's Day!
Early in the day, Tessa was feeling better and having fun celebrating Valentine's Day!
Mommy and her sweet little valentine
Tessa is opening up her Valentine's Day present
As a way to get some extra fluids in her, the doctor suggested some all fruit juice popsicles. What a fun Valentine's Day treat!
Yum! I really love popsicles!
Please don't take my popsicle away!
This sums up how she's been feeling this weekend, kinda sad and always wants her thumb.
How sad it was to see her strapped to the mask to do her breathing treatments. She fell asleep in the middle of her treatment one time. My sweet, sick little girl. Feel better soon my love!
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