Just a few weeks before we left for Disney, we had a little scare with Sutton. One night he had the sniffles. By early the next morning he was coughing so hard and wheezing he was throwing up. We had done several nebulizer treatments but they would only work for 20 minutes or so. I didn't wait for the doctor's office to open. I put him in the car and drove directly there and walked in without an appointment. They took me straight back. While Sutton was being weighed, Dr. Mann turned around and said call 911 and get him to Wake Med Children's.
While we waited, Sutton gotten another treatment and I (oddly very calm) made phone calls to Brett and my mom. Sutton and I both had our first ambulance ride together. We were both strapped to the gurney and watched I440 fly by out the back window.
When we got to the hospital, we went straight back to the ER. Everyone there was nothing short of fabulous. Sutton continued to get treatments and had a chest X-ray to rule out other complications. Eventually, they told us they were going to admit us for the evening. By this time he was doing SO much better. They child life specialists, nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, and EMTs had made him feel calm and at ease where he was.
We slept ok that night, but were really glad to be headed home that morning. Moses was especially glad to have his brother home again! As of now, we have a daily asthma regiment that we follow to keep him from getting into the kind of shape he was in that day. So far so good. We also had him allergy tested. Everything came back negative. No allergies whatsoever. The good news is that they fully expect him to grow out of this. Here's hoping!
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