CHEO, yet again...
Emma started having difficulting maintaining her oxygen saturation levels again Sunday afternoon, especially when asleep. Ventolin provided some relief, but it was too short lived and I ended up taking her to CHEO's emergency department.
She wasn't as bad as last Friday, and she was relatively stable, so I didn't put her on oxygen for the short trip to CHEO. (Emma is not routinely on oxygen, but I do have a kit for emergencies.) Apparently our trip wasn't exciting enough for Emma, and about 4 minutes after leaving home her sats hit a low of 67% as I pulled over and put her on oxygen...lots of it.
At CHEO a mask of racemic epinephrine did the trick, and a few hours later we were on the way home. So here it is, 2:30am, and Emma is sleeping like a baby and doing just fine. I, on the other hand, expect to be up another hour or two and then Laurie will take over.
Kudos to the CHEO emerg staff for great and fast care.
She wasn't as bad as last Friday, and she was relatively stable, so I didn't put her on oxygen for the short trip to CHEO. (Emma is not routinely on oxygen, but I do have a kit for emergencies.) Apparently our trip wasn't exciting enough for Emma, and about 4 minutes after leaving home her sats hit a low of 67% as I pulled over and put her on oxygen...lots of it.
At CHEO a mask of racemic epinephrine did the trick, and a few hours later we were on the way home. So here it is, 2:30am, and Emma is sleeping like a baby and doing just fine. I, on the other hand, expect to be up another hour or two and then Laurie will take over.
Kudos to the CHEO emerg staff for great and fast care.
posted by Eric at 02:36
3 Comments:
Poor Emma - and poor mummy and daddy, too. Sorry it's been a rough while for you, but here's hoping she's feeling stronger and better soon.
Aww your all having a rough time..com'on Emma get over that nasty cold.
Hugs
Sharon
At CHEO a mask of racemic epinephrine did the trick,
I know how that feels from personal experience.
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