Harriet is doing better today. Yesterday she was MISERABLE and when I took her to the doctor they couldn't get an oxygen reading over 86, so they did a breathing treatment in the office and sent her home when her reading hit 90. (I'm putting all that in for the medically inclined. I don't really understand what it all means except she's having a hard time breathing.) Yesterday, any time she was in a resting position she fell asleep--so listless--plus a fever. Oh yeah, she also has a double ear infection. Yeah.
Last night I woke her up at midnight because her breathing sounded so labored, and cleaned out her nose. We put her to sleep in a playpen in our room so I could listen to her and around 3:00 her breathing seemed to get a little easier.
She's felt a lot better today. Her fever is down and she actually drank two bottles (yeah!). She's still spending most of her time sleeping, but she looks better and acted happier. We're giving her medicine for the ear infections and doing breathing treatments every six hours.
Eli and Emeline also have ear infections and pretty much everyone is GRUMPY.
And that's my update.
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Did they send you home with a nebulizer so you can do breathing treatments at home? If not shame on them that is wrong. If she is 86 at appt she will be again when the albuterol wears off in 3-4 hours. grrr. Call me.
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