My Poor Sweet Kids

Curran's Story

So Wednesday afternoon, we were having a regular day when all of a sudden Curran started coughing out of the middle of nowhere and then about two hours later he had a fever of like 103. I thought ok, there is junk going around, not going to worry about it...well the next morning...(thursday) he was lathargic, wasn't eating, breathing really hard and had thrown up a couple of times...Well Clint mentioned how hot he was getting and his breathing was hard, that was when I decided to bring him into the Dr. Our apt. was at three o'clock and by five thirty we were in the hospital getting him checked in. His Oxygen was too low, he wasn't peeing and he had a high fever.

Shortly after we got in they needed to take blood and start the IV's. Because my kids are just a little bit chubby... and with him being dehydrated they could not get a vein in his arms. They tried three times in the arms...That was when they decided to try the head ( keep in mind we did this almost exactly three years ago with Callie, iv in the head and all). They stuck in the first needle blew the vein...stuck in the second neddle blew that vein...they decided to give him a little break...Well third times a charm as far as the number of nurses it took to try to get a vein and finally getting the neddle in. They got it in but could not get enough blood.

Well...we got the iv in then they had to suck his little nose out to test for RSV...they had to do chest X-ray's and more temp's...he as exhausted from crying and fighting so hard when they were trying to do the iv's. He was so tired that he quite fighting them after so long...it was so sad! Well his oxygen at this point would not stay normal so then they had to put him on oxygen and he hated it more than he did the iv sticking out of his head. Well we finally get to settle in after everything has calmed down but he can't relax. He was up every half hour last night and on top of that his monitors kept going off because of his oxygen kept dropping and they came in at three and needed more blood because they one's they took earlier clotted and didn't work out. They tried pulling blood from the spot in his head but couldn't so they tried the foot couldn'tget enough again so they didn't it friday morning in arm again and they finally got blood that time.

It was a very long night and when the Dr. came in at eight thirty this morning she said he hasn't made enought improvment and his oxygen is too low he needs to stay another night. Oh man am I tired and lonely with nobody to talk to and bored...so my mom came and then Clint and Callie came and that lit up his little world as miserable as he was feeling.

All Curran wanted to do was hold Callie's hand...It was so cute He just wanted to be able to see her...It was like they were having this cute little connection where he was telling her "I know you understand me so stay with me. "Callie and I left and went to my moms to nap and then as the day went on she was not feeling well and hadn't been all week. So... (continue to callie's story)

His offical diagnosis is RSV and Brochiolitis

By Friday night he was feeling a little better. He talked to Daddy on the phone and played with toys and sang songs with me. This is a huge improvement...so we are crossing our fingers in hopes that he can go home tomorrow morning.

Callie's Story

So Monday she started getting really hoarse...and I thought oh she is just tired or the cold weather...whatever. Tuesday she wakes up with Croupe...Alright I know how to fix that, keep her home, put a humidifier in her room and lot's of sleep and liquids...she was fine, the croupe turned into a normal cough, runny nose. Well by thursday she woke up fevering and was really lathargic. Which is not like her...When I took Curran to the Dr. they told me that if she isn't feeling better by today (friday to bring her in). After Callie and I woke up from our nap at my mom's I just knew I needed to call she was just not acting normal. So I called at four tirty and the office closes at five. They told me to bring her right in and getted her checked. They checked her and said well she has an ear infection which they gave her a shot of antibiotic right there in the bum (poor thing). That was when her emotions hit her and she just wanted to cry. They took her oxygen and it was a little low but for percautions they decided to send her in to get a chest x-ray. She was so cute when they did it...she just sat there and was such a big girl... I wish I had my camera. I got a call back from the Dr. shortly after and low and behold she has acute Bronchiolitis and in the first stages of pnemonia. Poor little girl! They put her on an antibiotic and let's hope that things don't get worse. It is so sad because as a mom you want to be there for your kids always but I can't be in two places at once and right now I need to be with Curran. Pray for us that our little family will get better soon.