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when you're sitting in the hospital with absolutely nothing to do besides watching the kiddo's heart monitor while he sleeps, you can only browse so much amazon and reddit before getting desperate.

 

sidenote: the quality of the coffee here is a lot better than i recall. so at least there's that.

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when you're sitting in the hospital with absolutely nothing to do besides watching the kiddo's heart monitor while he sleeps, you can only browse so much amazon and reddit before getting desperate.

 

sidenote: the quality of the coffee here is a lot better than i recall. so at least there's that.

 

kiddo? whats wrong with your baby?

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when you're sitting in the hospital with absolutely nothing to do besides watching the kiddo's heart monitor while he sleeps, you can only browse so much amazon and reddit before getting desperate.

 

sidenote: the quality of the coffee here is a lot better than i recall. so at least there's that.

 

Which kiddo?

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the 15-month-old was in to see the doctor yesterday morning because he's been fighting a sinus infection for a couple days. doctors sent him back home at that point, but he went downhill through the afternoon (chest retractions, high fever, real lethargic). took him back to the doctor about 5 in the afternoon, and they sent him over to the hospital. took x-rays, tested for influenza and RSV and a couple other things overnight. everything came back negative this morning, so we're thinking simple bronchialitis. he's been on o2 since he was admitted, but we've been weaning him off gradually.

 

he should go down to room air after a nap if everything goes ok. then maybe a few hours of monitoring to make sure he's still getting enough o2, and we might get to go home tonight if all goes well.

 

thanks for the well wishes. we hopefully have the worst of it behind us, but it's been almost a week of this already. i'm fucking tired.

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the 15-month-old was in to see the doctor yesterday morning because he's been fighting a sinus infection for a couple days. doctors sent him back home at that point, but he went downhill through the afternoon (chest retractions, high fever, real lethargic). took him back to the doctor about 5 in the afternoon, and they sent him over to the hospital. took x-rays, tested for influenza and RSV and a couple other things overnight. everything came back negative this morning, so we're thinking simple bronchialitis. he's been on o2 since he was admitted, but we've been weaning him off gradually.

 

he should go down to room air after a nap if everything goes ok. then maybe a few hours of monitoring to make sure he's still getting enough o2, and we might get to go home tonight if all goes well.

 

thanks for the well wishes. we hopefully have the worst of it behind us, but it's been almost a week of this already. i'm fucking tired.

 

 

aww wacky im so sorry....it has to be devastating to watch your child suffer...

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the 15-month-old was in to see the doctor yesterday morning because he's been fighting a sinus infection for a couple days. doctors sent him back home at that point, but he went downhill through the afternoon (chest retractions, high fever, real lethargic). took him back to the doctor about 5 in the afternoon, and they sent him over to the hospital. took x-rays, tested for influenza and RSV and a couple other things overnight. everything came back negative this morning, so we're thinking simple bronchialitis. he's been on o2 since he was admitted, but we've been weaning him off gradually.

 

he should go down to room air after a nap if everything goes ok. then maybe a few hours of monitoring to make sure he's still getting enough o2, and we might get to go home tonight if all goes well.

 

thanks for the well wishes. we hopefully have the worst of it behind us, but it's been almost a week of this already. i'm fucking tired.

 

Man, heart disease in a child is the scariest thing to contemplate.  The negative tests must be somewhat reassuring, but it still must be nerve wracking.  When this is done, you might want to take a few days to decompress.

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Man, heart disease in a child is the scariest thing to contemplate.  The negative tests must be somewhat reassuring, but it still must be nerve wracking.  When this is done, you might want to take a few days to decompress.

no one is saying anything about heart disease right now, just a viral infection and some potential complications. today is the first day i've taken off work (besides eclipse day) for about 3 months, and i think i'll be due for a couple more once the whole house is healthy again.
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again, thanks everyone. i honestly had no intention of creating one of these sympathy threads. i just kinda wandered back to this place overnight while everyone else was asleep. that coffee from "b.h. java" (yes, that's really the name of the coffee shop here at blessing hospital) this morning really brought me back from the dead. being up all night every night with 2 sick kids since sunday has been a real treat.

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no one is saying anything about heart disease right now, just a viral infection and some potential complications. today is the first day i've taken off work (besides eclipse day) for about 3 months, and i think i'll be due for a couple more once the whole house is healthy again.

 

Maybe go camping again.

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the 15-month-old was in to see the doctor yesterday morning because he's been fighting a sinus infection for a couple days. doctors sent him back home at that point, but he went downhill through the afternoon (chest retractions, high fever, real lethargic). took him back to the doctor about 5 in the afternoon, and they sent him over to the hospital. took x-rays, tested for influenza and RSV and a couple other things overnight. everything came back negative this morning, so we're thinking simple bronchialitis. he's been on o2 since he was admitted, but we've been weaning him off gradually.

 

he should go down to room air after a nap if everything goes ok. then maybe a few hours of monitoring to make sure he's still getting enough o2, and we might get to go home tonight if all goes well.

 

thanks for the well wishes. we hopefully have the worst of it behind us, but it's been almost a week of this already. i'm fucking tired.

Aw, poor baby - and poor mom and dad. Best wishes for a quick recovery - for all three of you. <3

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