Well Garrett and I had our first E.R. experience this Friday.The kids have all been sick, and Hailee stayed home from school on Friday. She had a sore throat and was running a fever, so I made her stay home even though she didn't want to. As the day progressed, Garrett was coughing worse and worse. At 7:30 I took his temp it was 101, he was still coughing. I gave him a breathing treatment and some Tylenol and put him to bed. He kept coughing and coughing. So at about 10:30pm I went upstairs and got him thinking if I let him sleep sitting up on me he would be able to breathe better. It was not working, he was burning up so warm you could feel the heat coming off of him. And he just kept coughing and coughing and he was having trouble catching his breath. So I woke Michael and told him we were off to the ER so we went. When we got there his oxygen saturation level was at 94% not horrible, but not great. He was running a fever of 103.4 and his little heart was racing 200 bpm normal would be in the 120's. We were given 2 breathing treatments, they gave him a steroid, took his blood for a blood count, and left us to sit to watch him to see if his oxygen saturation would come up and his heart would slow down. By the time we left hi was at 96% and 155bpm which they said is good since he was having breathing issues. He has Croup, he is doing somewhat better although he is still coughing and he wont eat. He is drinking and on the mend I think. Hailee is still coughing, but she is fine, and Lainey just has a cough that wont go away. We were supposed to go on a hay ride tonight in the mountains but I thought it best not to take all of them out in the cold air on a hay ride. So pray that they will all get better.
On a good note, my best friend Brandie, is coming for a visit with her little girl Talia at the end of the month. I am so excited! I haven't seen her since we went on a cruise in May 04. I haven't met Talia yet and am excited to see her. Brandie and i have been friends since we were in the 4th grade, but the distance between us was just so great that we don't get to see each other. She was in Dallas and I here. Now she has moved closer to us only 8 hours away so we will get to see her. Her hubby will be out of town that week, as will Michael so it works out well for us. I cant wait. My mom called yesterday and she had gotten the girls some Halloween overalls, so I asked her to go back and find Talia a pair so we could take pictures of all the girls in their overalls. Wont that be fun!?!?!?
Lets see what else about our week? Hmm I don't think we had anything else. We have our first official Brownie meeting on Tuesday so wish me luck. I am excited as is Hailee to get them started. I guess that is all for tonight. Thanks for checking on us, till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.......
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