We went to Las Vegas for a short vacation last weekend. On the long drive home on Wednesday the baby started coughing, a horrible sounding cough. She ran a fever all night and kept coughing. I took her to the doctor Thursday morning where she was running a fever of 102. The doctor checked her over, ears looked good, lungs sounded okay, throat was inflamed. She wasn't coughing while the doctor was examining her but when I mentioned that she had a bad cough he decided she needed a chest xray which showed her lungs were "streaky", as the doctor put it. The diagnosis was bronchiolitis and we were sent home with the instructions that if she got worse bring her back.
Well, unfortunately she got worse. On Saturday Blain took her back to the clinic where her oxygen levels were right on the border of putting her in the hospital for the night. Instead Blain had to take her to the hospital for respiratory therapy. They suctioned out her nose and throat and did a nebulizer treatment and sent her home with a nebulizer. It's pretty easy to do though Carley doesn't care for it much. But she's weak enough right now that she's not fighting it too hard. That will be a good sign when she starts to really fight it. It's so sad to see your baby who is normally very active and loud just laying there. We think she's over the worst of it, though, and hopefully will soon be back to her normal lively self.
Update: The baby is now laughing and waving at her reflection in the mirror in the bedroom. She's not fully recovered but is doing much, much better. It is such a reflief to see her doing well.
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