Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Sick Little Girl!

Poor Maddie ended up in the hospital last week with RSV. She was having trouble breathing in the middle of the night (of course, it always has to happen at 3 a.m.!) on Thursday morning and I took her into the emergency room where they gave her two breathing treatments and sent us home. She still wasn't doing well when we went to a follow-up appointment with her Dr. a few hours later, and they said they'd need to admit her. They put her on oxygen, and gave her breathing treatments every 4 hours, and it helped a ton!

We spent the majority of the time trying to keep Maddie from going crazy. She was constantly asking to leave the room and saying "home, home". It was really tough trying to explain to a toddler that we were there for a while! Also, they wouldn't even let her leave the room and roam the hallways because she was considered contagious. My sister brought over a bunch of new toys and new movies to keep her occupied and she figured out that she could use the hospital crib as her own personal jungle gym! We were finally able to go home on Saturday afternoon and the first thing she wanted to do when she got home was take a bath, can you blame the kid? With all the lung problems that my mom has been having, we just figured that Maddie wanted to be just like her Grandma! I tried to get a picture of the two together, but my mom wouldn't allow it on the blog. Big Baby!


Maddie holding her "dinosaur" breathing treatment

Poor little girl on oxygen in the hosptial

5 comments:

Julie said...

Keri! That makes me so sad! I am glad she is doing well now and out of the hospital. Poor little thing. Let me know if I can do anything to help. I had no idea!

Shanna said...

Keri! I am sorry that happened. I was out of town all weekend and had no clue. Are you doing okay now? Man, stupid RSV. They make us all feel like once they are over one they won't get it that bad. Liars!!!!

Katie L. said...

Poor Maddie! She looks big. We have had RSV several times now, but never ended up in the hospital. Hope she gets well soon!

Lena said...

Wish I could kiss those cheeks!

Unknown said...

I had never heard of this before Chloe got it. And, unfortunately, I thought it was a cold and sent her to school and took her on a play date. All the kids in her play date got it, too. Although, Chloe was the only one who had to do breathing treatments. She didn't have to be admitted though, that sucks. We did ours at home. I hope Maddie is feeling better!