Mutterings Of A Mindless Mommy

Last night we ended up in the emergency room because Ava started grunting while trying to breath; I called the pediatrician and was told to take her in.  We were called back within minutes which is rather unusual for this specific emergency room.  Her fever was 104.0 (two hours after being given tylenol), he oxygen saturation was at 93%, her blood pressure was 125/85, and her pulse was 166.  They gave her some advil and went to get the doctor.  The doctor listened to her lungs and said that she was moving air freely and because she’d already been given a steroid for croup there was nothing they could do unless she was in respiratory distress and sent us on our way.  Hmm…helpful. 

She grunted the entire night and her fever would only drop to 102 and change with advil or tylenol and after a few hours jump up into the 104 and 105 range.  At noon today her fever was 105.1; I called the nurseline at the pediatrician’s office.  I had an appointment scheduled for my son at 1:30pm and I wanted to have my daughter seen at the same time.  When we get there she was still grunting and had started to have chest retractions while breathing - basically she wasn’t breathing easily.  The nurse measured her oxygen saturation and it was down to 90% so the doctor immediately started her on oxygen.  After two hours on oxygen it was up to 94% and her lungs sounded better (we also did a nebulizer treatment) so she took her off the oxygen and gave us a prescription for an oral steroid. The doctor also ordered a CBC + Diff blood test because of the fever.  We’re going on day 3 of a fever and its going up not down so the doctor wants to see if a blood test can help us determine what’s going on.  I should have the results back from the blood test in the morning.  Whew….so tired.