At the pediatrician's orders, we brought Kyle to the emergency room at All Children's Hospital Thursday around 1pm. At around 9:30pm, they admitted him.
He's negative for RSV and for pneumonia but his respiratory rate is very high and labored and his oxygen saturation levels are very low. He appears to have just gotten a common cold and his lungs just can't handle it. He has a 5 month old roomate with the same signs and symptoms.
He's on 2 liters of constant oxygen through a cannula and he's getting nebulizer treatments of Albuterol every 2 hours (which makes his heart rate pretty high). He's also getting Tylenol periodically (just for comfort - he doesn't have a fever) and antibiotics for a slight ear infection.
Currently, he's getting a LOT of sleep in between pokes and prods from nurses and techs. When he's awake, he's a little spaced out and not his lively self but at least he's not as miserable as he was before they put him on the oxygen.
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