Teagan's First ER Visit

It's funny that Emmersyn is almost 3 years younger than Teagan and has already been to the ER. Well, Teagan made her debut trip on Sat. She had started getting a little cold (really just a runny nose) on Friday. No big deal.  Saturday I went to work and she was fine. Sat at dinner she said her throat hurt, but it didn't look red or anything to me and then she said it felt better. We put her to bed at 8 and she was fine. Around 9 she woke up screaming and then threw up. I put her in my bed for a bit and noticed she was struggling to breathe.  Anytime she gets sick it goes to her lungs, but this time was different. Call it mother's intuition or just being a control freak, but I knew it was serious.

My mom came over to watch Emmersyn (who was already in bed) and we took Teagan to Clark Memorial (it was closest). 



 

This is her at Clark.  Doesn't she look helpless?  When we got there, her O2 level was 90. They did several breathing treatments, gave her steroids, etc and it kept getting lower.  They knew we were going to be staying somewhere, but after talking to the peditrician, they decided to transport her to Kosair.  It was about 4am before the ambulence came and we got settled at Kosair, but Teagan didn't care. She was wired from the steroids.  The O2 level was up to 93 there and the nurse questioned why we were sent. Overnight, the levels dropped in the 80s and I thought "that's why".  The doctors there were great. It is a teaching hospital so we had several doctors coming in and out most of the day instead of just one time for rounds in the morning. We ended up staying 2 nights. (they will not release if any oxygen is used during the night) We came home with a diagnois of asthma and a TON of new information on medicine she will be taking daily to control as well as what to do for future flare ups. I'm just glad we finally know why she gets sick so much in her lungs.