Wow, haven't written in forever. Baily is better now. Although last night I took him to PDH ER because he was running a fever and starting to cough again. His O2 saturation was in the high 90's and his temperature had gone down a little bit. The doctor thinks that he just has a cold. His left ear looked a little bit red, but he said that could be residual from his prior ear infections. Today he seems well, so I'll just watch him.
So, for spring break we decided to go to Quincy. We were going to make a long journey to Tennessee to see Billy's sick, elderly grandpa, but decided that all the driving wouldn't be worth the two days we would be able to spend there.
My dad is in Mexico, so of course the weather here is crappy. Its been real cold with just a little sunshine. Supposed to have heavy winds with cold temperatures, rain, and possibly snow. If it snows, it won't be much at all. Not quite freezing weather all day long. Brrrrr. We found some wood and Billy cut it for us, so at least the house is warm.
School is going well. I like my classes and am really doing well in math. I hope anyways. I understand the homework and get the right answers, so hopefully it will show on the test we have next Wednesday. I'll definately have to review though. We learned a lot.
My medical assisting classes are very general and extremely boring, but I am keeping up and doing what I am supposed to be. Hopefully I can run through this program quickly. I've seen job openings in the newspaper starting at $19.00 per hour. That would be nice. Generally office hours are 9:00am-5:00pm Monday through Friday.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Saturday, March 1, 2008
I guess my family has a thing for hospitals.
Not even a full month later and, again, I am at the stinkin' hospital. Baily is the sick one this time. He has been sick for most of the month, but this past week he has gotten much sicker.
On Sunday late night he woke me up with a fever, which fairly easy to break with ibuprofen, so I sent him to school Monday morning. I knew it was an iffy decision, so I came to check on him after my class at 12:30. He wasn't doing well and puked all over me, so I brought him home, got his fever back down, and let him rest. Mom and I went and played Bingo and when we got back I ended up taking him to the Watsonville Hospital Emergency Room. After over 6 hours he was seen by a somewhat incompetent doctor.
The reason I call the doctor this is because he didn't do a check-up and missed a bunch of things, which I'll get to later. He just wanted to get us out of there and really wasted my time, even though he probably thought I was just wasting his.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday I fought to keep Baily's fever down. Not a fun thing. Poor guy was taking acetaminophen and ibuprofen all day long. Mixed with lukewarm baths, this didn't excite him much.
Thursday I called his regular doctor for an appointment for him to be seen. 5 days is too many days with a high fever. I knew something had to be going on. They had an available appointment on Friday at 3:15, so I took it.
Around 11:00am Friday Mom and I went to Costco to get a plant. I got a call from Billy around 12:40pm saying that the doctors office had called and they needed to change his appointment to 1:15pm. There was no way we could make it to Santa Cruz from Seaside that quickly, so I called them to find out his doctor was on her way out the door to deliver a baby. They told me that he could go to the urgent care, or they would try to squeeze me into see the other doctor in the office when I got there. I was expecting the worst.
When we got to the doctors office at about 1:50pm we were immediately (within 5 minutes) taken back and seen. The doctor saw that he had bilateral ear infections and suspected pneumonia. His oxygen (O2) level was 93-94. He was given a breathing treatment and I was told to take him to the urgent care in the morning to check his O2 saturation again. He was sent home with a breathing machine (nebulizer) and antibiotics.
When we got home, he just seemed to get worse. Of course it was after 5:00pm, so the doctors office was closed. I called the office and they paged the doctor on call. I told her what was going on and she said to take him to the ER and she would notify them that we were on our way.
At the ER we waited over 45 minutes to be triaged, but when the nurse triaged him he was sent to the back right away. Within 10 minutes of being in the ER room, 5 different people saw him. The tech did all his vitals, the nurse started an IV, they got blood for the lab, a breathing treatment from respiratory therapy, and a chest x-ray. Results say that he has pneumonia in both lungs, so we had to be admitted for observation and to control complications. He got a dose of Rocefin, an IV antibiotic for the pneumonia.
They admitted him and we were sent to the pediatrics floor at around 11:00pm. Throughout the night he woke up coughing and also for his breathing treatments. The O2 monitor beeps when his saturation goes below 91, so I awoke to that several times last night. He doesn't like to keep the oxygen mask on, so I just hold it up to his face when the levels drop.
The doctor saw him this morning and it looks like he will be here for a few days. He has to be able to keep his oxygen levels up without oxygen, and he can't do this yet, but he seems to be doing better. The antibiotic is working, and he will get another dose soon, probably just in his muscle this time. He was up and talking this morning, but is sleeping rather peacefully now. Too cute.
I'll write more on his condition later. Gonna try to get a little rest for now.
On Sunday late night he woke me up with a fever, which fairly easy to break with ibuprofen, so I sent him to school Monday morning. I knew it was an iffy decision, so I came to check on him after my class at 12:30. He wasn't doing well and puked all over me, so I brought him home, got his fever back down, and let him rest. Mom and I went and played Bingo and when we got back I ended up taking him to the Watsonville Hospital Emergency Room. After over 6 hours he was seen by a somewhat incompetent doctor.
The reason I call the doctor this is because he didn't do a check-up and missed a bunch of things, which I'll get to later. He just wanted to get us out of there and really wasted my time, even though he probably thought I was just wasting his.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday I fought to keep Baily's fever down. Not a fun thing. Poor guy was taking acetaminophen and ibuprofen all day long. Mixed with lukewarm baths, this didn't excite him much.
Thursday I called his regular doctor for an appointment for him to be seen. 5 days is too many days with a high fever. I knew something had to be going on. They had an available appointment on Friday at 3:15, so I took it.
Around 11:00am Friday Mom and I went to Costco to get a plant. I got a call from Billy around 12:40pm saying that the doctors office had called and they needed to change his appointment to 1:15pm. There was no way we could make it to Santa Cruz from Seaside that quickly, so I called them to find out his doctor was on her way out the door to deliver a baby. They told me that he could go to the urgent care, or they would try to squeeze me into see the other doctor in the office when I got there. I was expecting the worst.
When we got to the doctors office at about 1:50pm we were immediately (within 5 minutes) taken back and seen. The doctor saw that he had bilateral ear infections and suspected pneumonia. His oxygen (O2) level was 93-94. He was given a breathing treatment and I was told to take him to the urgent care in the morning to check his O2 saturation again. He was sent home with a breathing machine (nebulizer) and antibiotics.
When we got home, he just seemed to get worse. Of course it was after 5:00pm, so the doctors office was closed. I called the office and they paged the doctor on call. I told her what was going on and she said to take him to the ER and she would notify them that we were on our way.
At the ER we waited over 45 minutes to be triaged, but when the nurse triaged him he was sent to the back right away. Within 10 minutes of being in the ER room, 5 different people saw him. The tech did all his vitals, the nurse started an IV, they got blood for the lab, a breathing treatment from respiratory therapy, and a chest x-ray. Results say that he has pneumonia in both lungs, so we had to be admitted for observation and to control complications. He got a dose of Rocefin, an IV antibiotic for the pneumonia.
They admitted him and we were sent to the pediatrics floor at around 11:00pm. Throughout the night he woke up coughing and also for his breathing treatments. The O2 monitor beeps when his saturation goes below 91, so I awoke to that several times last night. He doesn't like to keep the oxygen mask on, so I just hold it up to his face when the levels drop.
The doctor saw him this morning and it looks like he will be here for a few days. He has to be able to keep his oxygen levels up without oxygen, and he can't do this yet, but he seems to be doing better. The antibiotic is working, and he will get another dose soon, probably just in his muscle this time. He was up and talking this morning, but is sleeping rather peacefully now. Too cute.
I'll write more on his condition later. Gonna try to get a little rest for now.
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