Oxygen Time!

So it has been awhile again since I last blogged (sorry!). The last post talked about Kali getting sick. Unfortunately she got really sick. I stayed home with her that Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. By Wednesday night we knew we needed to do something as I was falling far behind at my work. Tyson had bid week that week and was not able to stay home with Kali. She couldn't go to daycare because she was running a fever on and off and coughing really bad. I had taken her to the doctor the second day that she was sick (that Tuesday). He gave her cough medicine and told me it was probably the flu with all of her symptoms. He said to just watch her and it would eventually get better the next couple of days. We called Grandma Debbie on Wednesday night to see if there was any way she would be able to come out and stay with Kali for Thursday and Friday. She said she could come Thursday night and stay Friday. That Thursday (Feb.11- which was also my birthday) I stayed home with Kali for 1/2 day and Tyson was able to stay home with her the rest of the day. Debbie made it out that night, but we were so tired to cook anything for my birthday we ordered pizza and bought a lemon meringue pie. By Sunday (when Debbie was supposed to leave) I could just tell she still wasn't feeling the best so we asked Debbie to stay if she could. On Monday her cough was still horrible so I decided we needed to take her back to the doctor. It was a holiday so the doctor's office was closed- so we took her to the urgent care. The doctor we saw said she thought it was RSV due to all of the symptoms. They were even out of the RSV tests because so many kids have it right now. They gave us a referral to the hospital to have the test ran. They then checked Kali's oxygen levels and they were in the low 80's. For a baby this young- they have to have their oxygen levels over 90 or it could be dangerous. They said we needed to put Kali on oxygen right away.

The oxygen guy met us at urgent care to have Kali set up. After we got her all hooked up, he had me sign the paperwork for the cost of everything. I just had to open my mouth and say how cheap it was! I think it said like $16?? He said, "Wait, you aren't on Medicaid?" I wasn't sure if I should take offense to that, and of course I did. I said, "No, but I am sure I pay for everyone else to be here." (my big mouth). He refigured everything and of course we had to put Kali on a high deductible this year- yikes! ha! Everything will probably be around $1200 now. I guess the price doesn't matter when you think of your children though :)

We took her over to the hospital to have the RSV test done. I had to leave the room because they have to jam a cotton swab up her nose (really far!). I made Grandma stay! ha! The test came back negative- good news!

We took Kali back to her doctor 2 days later to check on the oxygen. He turned it down and within minutes her levels dropped again. He decided to leave her on the oxygen for the time being - for a week longer and then check her again. He still wasn't sure what she had because the RSV test was negative- but he said they were going to treat her for RSV anyway. Because of her cough and being on oxygen- Debbie stayed the whole next week to help us- which allowed us to work everyday. What an awesome grandma! :)

Finally about Thursday of that week, you could see a huge improvement in Kali. Her cough was almost gone and she seemed to be more like herself! Debbie decided she would leave on Friday, so I took off a little early from work so she could get home at a decent time. On Monday I took Kali to daycare because she seemed 100% better, just on the oxygen until the doctor could release her. On Tuesday I took her in and sure enough, her levels were back to 100%! Good news- he took her off the oxygen and sure enough she is back to normal now!

Here are a couple of pics from her 2 week stint of being sick :(