RSV Day 2

Right now I'm holding Kiley in the recliner as she finishes off the last bit of her neb treatment. It was quite the ordeal to get the machine but this morning I discovered how glad I am that I got it. She's not having a very good morning. I've been up since 6:30 trying to help her get comfortable. It wasn't until about 8-8:30 that she was starting to have troubles breathing again  so we dug our friend Neb the Dinosaur mask out and I got her all hooked up. Most of the time she falls asleep before the treatment ends which makes me believe that it opens up her airways enough for her to get some sleep. Poor baby... it's Wednesday... we have to be about done with this!



Getting the neb machine was a lot of work. I don't know WHY I thought Walmart would have them. I just assumed that 'Hey I've got this prescription thing, I'll just walk right in and get it!" Uh huh... right. They had the medicine that I put INTO the neb. So I had to browse around the store for 20 minuets until they were done filling it. Now... I'm sure it takes some time to get those prescriptions filled, but my question is... do they just tell you 20 minuets to make you browse around and buy more stuff? Because I can't think of a time where I didn't buy AT LEAST one more thing. Hmmm that might have to be a goal of mine next time. Of course when you get out rarely for shopping, sometime pharmacy runs are all I get.

But than I had to drive all the way across town and pick up the neb at a home medical store. Oh my goodness... I swear it is the equivalent to buying a card. They want this and this and this and you need to sign this form and this other form... then they give you a 'test drive' to show you how it works. Oh did I mention there is MORE paperwork? Good grief. An hour later I walked out of THAT store.

If you had asked me last night how I thought she was doing I would have told you that she was doing pretty good, maybe even starting to get better. I'm keeping an eye on her right now though to see if I need to call the clinic and have her seen. It's so hard to know... they are so miserable but it's trying to find that line between being miserable and getting bad. Kara started running a temp last night but after some Tylenol seemed to be doing better. Of course this stuff peaks at 3-5 days so we'll see here in the next day or so what she is looking like. So sick babies might be in my forecast for awhile. :(

Well my phone is ringing ... I had better go grab it since I think Tom slept through the ringer. I hope Kiley starts feeling better!