Emergency room

The boys (all three of them) have been sick for the last few weeks so I haven't had the energy to post. That's my excuse and I'm stickin' to it. It started with Hunter. He had symptoms of the flu for several days and had a bad cough that persisted for over a week. It developed into his very first ear infection. He wasn't even complaining about any pain. The only reason we had him checked out at all was because Brody had started wheezing and John had to take all three in for him to see their Pediatrician since I was at work. On the way there Hunter told John in the car, "Dad it feels like I'm on a roller coaster!" After some further prodding he said, "you know, like sometimes at night in bed I feel like I'm moving but I'm not really moving!" John knew there was an inner-ear issue going on from that comment so he had the nurse check out his ears. She was shocked to find out that he was not complaining of any pain because I guess they were pretty bad. Hunter started crying when John told him he had a (double) ear infection and that he'd have to take medicine to get rid of it. He liked that feeling (dizzy) and didn't want it to go away. That lasted all of a few minutes though. When he tried the medicine he forgot all about why he was sad. They make children's medicine taste pretty good these days. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I'm not so sure I want my children being conditioned to think that medicine is great because at a young age it tasted like candy.

When they examined Brody they learned that his pulse-ox reading (reads the amount of oxygen in his blood) was low. They gave him a breathing treatment (Albuterol) and told John to get him to Children's Hospital right away. Their concern was because everyone's natural oxygen level drops lower during periods of rest/sleep and since his was so low while awake they said this lack of oxygen during the day and night can cause brain damage over time. I had to come home from work so that John could stay home with Tyler and Hunter since the hospital wouldn't allow other children in. By the time we arrived at Children's Brody's pulse-ox reading was within normal range. After some further examination they allowed us to leave and not spend the night. Thank God! We gave him some more breathing treatments at home for several days and thankfully all three boys are now on the mend. John unfortunately is fighting off something similar but I have managed to remain healthy for now. That's the update in our household.