re: Did I handle this wrong?

Well so we took DS in to the ER last night because I just didnt feel comfortable putting him to bed sounding that raspy. So we get to the ER and both the Dr and nurse, first thing they say is "hey, thats croupe" so they give him some steriods and decide to do an albuterol breathing treatment and it helps immediatly. Apparently it doesnt help croupe that fast and we find out he has athsma (sp?) on top of the croupe. So before we can leave he has to get his temp taken one last time to make sure it hadnt gone up from his slight fever. It was up almost 2 degrees. We go do a chest xray, he has pneumonia. So I'm typing this from our hospital room as he is napping between breathing treatments. They cant get the swelling in his throat down so they may be trying a second medication in the breathing treatment and we are on watch to see if he needs oxygen. Its gonna be a long day.

<blockquote><b>Quoting ~~Nae~:</b>" Well so we took DS in to the ER last night because I just didnt feel comfortable putting him to bed sounding ... [snip!] ... trying a second medication in the breathing treatment and we are on watch to see if he needs oxygen. Its gonna be a long day."</blockquote>

Poor baby   my dd was hospitalized this. Time last yr with pneumonia. It's tough.

Glad you took him in. Did they tell you to stop feeding him?!?!

Haha no they didnt but he is on an IV and its making it so he wont eat, he went from eating 6 oz every 3 or 4 hours to 1-2 oz every 3 hours. They are just about to decrease his IV fluid because they want him eating better before we can go home.

<blockquote><b>Quoting ~~Nae~:</b>" Haha no they didnt but he is on an IV and its making it so he wont eat, he went from eating 6 oz every ... [snip!] ... 1-2 oz every 3 hours. They are just about to decrease his IV fluid because they want him eating better before we can go home."</blockquote>

Take that MIL haha

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting ~~Nae~:</b>" Haha no they didnt but he is on an IV and its making ... [snip!] ... to decrease his IV fluid because they want him eating better before we can go home."</blockquote> Take that MIL haha"

  Something like that. I hope they dont have to do the new breathing treatment again. It was the equivilant of baby speed I swear. It was absolutely awful to watch.

<blockquote><b>Quoting ~~Nae~:</b>"   Something like that. I hope they dont have to do the new breathing treatment again. It was the equivilant of baby speed I swear. It was absolutely awful to watch."</blockquote>


Yeah breathing treatments suck. I had to do them as a child and they gave me heart palpitations.

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting ~~Nae~:</b>"   Something like that. I hope they dont have ... [snip!] ... watch."</blockquote> Yeah breathing treatments suck. I had to do them as a child and they gave me heart palpitations."

I had them as a kid and teenager but just the albutoral ones that didnt do that crap.

See, you should have listened to your MIL.. it would have all been cured by giving your baby juice and starving them of nutrients.. that always fixes everything.

Quoting ~~Nae~:" So I will start off by saying DS is 4 months old with a bad milk protien allergy and on Nutramigen. He ... [snip!] ... him juice or something... naturally, I laughed. Now she is really pissed off at me. Was I wrong to assume she had to be joking?"

um why the hell would you give a 4month old mashed potatoes and gravy?? and why would you give him juice?? sounds like she doesnt know the first thing about babies  

Quoting Morbid Moni:" See, you should have listened to your MIL.. it would have all been cured by giving your baby juice and starving them of nutrients.. that always fixes everything."

Oh of course. We are finally home from the hospital and its that the athsma is acting up and he only has the swollen throat part of the croupe and not the mucous so he is on antibiotics for the pnumonia and breathing treatments for the croupe and athsma.

Quoting Jillian Lindsey:" um why the hell would you give a 4month old mashed potatoes and gravy?? and why would you give him juice?? sounds like she doesnt know the first thing about babies  "

Oh i'm sure its because back when DH was a baby they did things differently and thats not the part that gets me, its that she is constantly acting like her opinion needs to be more important than mine and gets mad when I do what I think is best.

Quoting ~~Nae~:" Oh i'm sure its because back when DH was a baby they did things differently and thats not the part that ... [snip!] ... she is constantly acting like her opinion needs to be more important than mine and gets mad when I do what I think is best."

yea its frustrating SOs mother wants to give DD ice cream so bad and gets offended when i tell her no (shes on soy as it is) i just smile and say thanks i dont want her to hate me you do what is best i wouldnt give him anything until hes older

Things worked out fine, she got over it real fast when she got a call at 3 AM saying he was being admitted to the hospital.

Quoting ~~Nae~:" Things worked out fine, she got over it real fast when she got a call at 3 AM saying he was being admitted to the hospital."

wow yea   i hope your little man starts feeling better

Thanks, he is doing all right at the moment, we're home and take him for a check up monday.