Please pray for our Gracie

[Anonymous]

Charla wrote: Well she slept a little better last nite but as far as the way she sounds…to me it sounds the same and she still has the retracted breathing and severe wheezing. She is only eating 1oz maybe every hour and she can’t hold that down very well. She may hold one down and then the next one she vomits it up because she coughs so hard she chokes and gags and then up it comes. I tried pedialyte but she won’t have anything to do with that. I am just at a loss. I don’t know what to do.

JMHO here but a baby that young who has RSV, is retracting, and wheezing should NOT be allowed to stay at home.

She needs to be admitted!!!!! I’d take her to the ER now. Not to scare you but RSV in a child that young needs to be closely monitored.

That way they can have a pulse ox on her to see if she us desatting. You can’t do that at home.

*Jessica*2008-12-18 12:53:19

[Anonymous]

I agree. not to scare you, but pack her up and take her to the ER… If she is not significantly better having started antibiotics and getting nebs, then she needs to be closely monitored….

Hang in there! keep us updated…

[Anonymous]

I also would pack her up and go to the er. Still saying prayers for you and keep us posted.

[Anonymous]

I am glad I came back to this, I agree with the PP, if she is having retractions and wheezing and she needs to be admitted….at LEAST overnight! they kept landen overnight- he was retracting pretty bad. They had to temporarily suction him with a tube down his throat to get a lot of that mucous out but he felt MUCH better after that and then they did several rounds of breathing treatments in their care to make sure he responded well to them. Those breathing treatments will start to knock that junk out. I am very sorry you are going through this, it is SO scary!

[Anonymous]

i’m all for taking her back in, too. i don’t think i would even be able to sleep with a child that young that was that sick. i would probably be sitting up all night holding her in my rocking chair and checking on her breathing.

[Anonymous]

I agree with all of you! The nurse at the doctors office just actually called me to check on her and I told her that I have seen no improvement and she wants to talk to the doc. So I am waiting on her to call me back. It makes me feel better that they actually call to check. But whatever they say I will take her to the ER if they don’t want to do anything more because its just not worth the risk.

[Anonymous]

good luck and let us know what happens….

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone. I just wanted to give ya’ll an update. My Gracie was admitted to the hospital on Thursday night and we are still here. They have her on oxygen and IV fluids. It is so sad but we are just watching her fight this nasty thing. Thank you all so much for your support. We did decide to bring her to ER and good thing we did. I am changing peds because he still wanted her at home. But I will keep all posted

[Anonymous]

saying a prayer and glad you are in good hands!

[Anonymous]

I am so very glad she is in the hospital getting the care and attention she needs! I hope she recovers quickly. Keep us posted.

[Anonymous]

that must be such a relief for you to have her there—-even though i know it is a pain having a child in the hospital.

[Anonymous]

here is a hug. I hope Gracie is doing better. Keeping you in our prayers at night

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[Anonymous]

Thank you all so much for your prayers and concern. Our Gracie is doing much better. She still has a little bit of a nasty cough but she has been playful and getting back to her old self. She is now eating the same amount again. So we just thank you so much for ya’lls prayers.

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