The 2nd year of Eilidh's life is proving to be peppered with various ailments - colds and squirty bum bugs mainly. Unfortunately with an asthmatic set of parents (mine still persists) she is hit heavily in the chest when she gets a cold. Apparently babies in their 2nd year get on average 24 colds. That's a lot of wheezing we've still to come.
Anyway I got the call to pick her up early from her childminders on Wednesday as her ventolin puffer was having no effect on her latest chesty cold. I took her immediately to the doctors as her last chesty cold was only 1.5 weeks ago - probably the same infection. He referred her immediately to the hospital. Que for a 4 hour wait in A&E after being really very quickly seen and Eilidh nebulised (an effective way of delivering the anti-wheezing drug salbutamol). Her blood oxygen levels were tested using a rather nifty infra red non-invasive device (I'd love to know how it works) and came out at 82% - pretty dangerously low. She was tranferred to the paedatric unit after 4 hours in A&E, put on oxygen and nebulised every hour until 09:00 when the nebulising went to every 2 then 3 hours. Eventually she was discharged today at 17:30, with some steroid to reduce lung inflammation and two very bleary eyed parents.
So, more blogging about being a father and not training, but heyho I wouldn't change a thing. I love her to bits.
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10 comments:
Puts it all into perspective, hope all's well now, Richie
Hey Brian,
All the best to Eilidh. I hope she gets over this cold soon and back to teething instead of worrying her parents.
Take care Brian and speak soon.
Marco, Debbie and Cairn.
I hope the wee barra is feeling better soon.
Scary stuff this being a parent lark. Makes for an interesting life right enough.
Take care, Mrs Mac x
Glad little Eilidh is back home, mate. Who cares about running when you've got a little bundle of loveliness to look after.
Sorry to hear about Eilidh's ailments. It must have been quite scary for you all.
Fingers crossed she's over the worst.
agree with everything already said Brian. Hope she gets better soon. Ian
Thanks everyone. She is still on a relatively high dose of salbutamol inhaler but is basically OK. Little trooper.
:-)
Hope your still up for the Exe to Axe I was planning to navigate from the rear of the field by the reflective corona created around your chrome dome.
Brian, I hope Eilidh is better now!
T(TCG)
Anonymous - I am indeed stil up for the Exe to Axe. Got my B&B booked and raring to go. I'll buff my dome especially to provide a navigational beacon even through dense shrubbery.
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