Keeping up with Kate: November 2012

Oh what a day, we wound up in the ER with Emily for no good reason at all!!

Emily had a cough/green nose so I decided to run her up to Dr.C to make sure her lungs weren't too congested. She seemed to have a hard time breathing through the night and eating was a little difficult as she couldn't breath through her nose. This started Oct 30...just so happens the weather changed that day too- now there is a big chill in the air- coincidence? We'll see.

Well, we couldn't get in with Dr. C, so we saw the PA Katherine instead. She said Emily's lungs, ears, throat were all clear...nose is stuffy. Good news, right?! Emily was really tired when we were there and just sort of laid there, I guess this alarmed the Dr and she did an oxygen saturation test and couldn't get a reading. She decided to play it safe and sent us to an urgent care facility downtown that supposedly opened at noon, she wanted us to get blood work for RSV and possibly do a chest Xray, I questioned the Xray since her lungs were clear, but she said something about "if necessary". As it turns out the urgent care off Thornton doesn't open until 4. When I called the Dr. back, she told me to go to the emergency room. What?! Yeah, I was alarmed too...this sleep deprived mama broke into tears and called Daddy. :( Long story short, Chris met me at the ER and the Dr. told us that Emily is fine, her lungs are clear, her oxygen levels are perfect, her breathing is not labored...she probably has a virus, but he's not doing blood work because honestly, the treatment is the same either way. Make sure she's eating right, peeing normal amounts, her breathing is 40-50 times per minute, and no fever...all of which is in check right now. So why did the PA send us to the ER? Who knows...that's how medicine works I guess. BOO.

We picked Kate up and head home to get our little Minnie Mouse ready for trick or treating! Daddy took her over to Jacob and Dizzle's for some Halloween fun and I sat this year out with Emily.