sick

Gavin had an asthma flair up last week. It came on suddenly and he woke up Wednesday morning panting for air. It was the worse we had seen since he initially had pneumonia and we had no time to try and prevent it with his medications.
The asthma specialist couldn't get us in and we finally ended up at a Dr. from the clinic we usually go to. There was a mess up in prescriptions and the ones we needed weren't called in, but we found out too late. It was quite the ordeal. I actually had some of the steroid I knew he needed at home, but I didn't know the correct dose. The on call nurse was NOT helpful. I didn't want to be a know it all, but she was telling me to do something that I knew would not give him the relief he needed. I knew what he needed, but not how much to give him. The on call Dr. at the asthma specialist never called back and I tried 5 times. SO FRUSTRATING! I was sobbing on the car ride home as Gavin coughed his guts out in the back seat. I had tried sooo hard to take care of him and nothing was going right.
We made it through the night, waking up to nebulize him (this is a machine that attaches to a little mask and gives him his medication) twice, having him cough so hard he threw up once and getting a huge bloody nose. We let him watch shows while he gets his treatment. It is interesting to watch Thomas the train at 3 am...and a little creepy. The next day we got into the specialist and got what we needed. I love his Dr. and was so happy to go home with a boatload of prescriptions. Who would have thought I'd ever want to pump my kids full of drugs? To see him take a breathe is worth it!
It took about three days, but he is doing lots better. It was sad to keep him indoors during the nice weather on Saturday and he had to miss his soccer game. (We didn't tell him, because I knew this would bring many tears.) He would stand at the door and ask to go for a walk or out to ride his bike and I would have to say no. It made for a loooong three days.
Brayden now has a cough and is running a fever. At least he is in good spirits, so far and...DAD IS HOME! Shawn has spring break and that is sooo nice (last week during Gavin's episode dad was tied up with work and a wedding he was involved in). He has been so fun with with boys and they are loving the attention and man time! Shawn is too (:
I think about how frustrating it is to have Gavin so sick and to look at this little body fighting to do it's job and I pray for parents who deal with things much worse day in and day out. It makes me consider how fortunate we are for our health. I really do take so much for granted. As Gavin stated after a few days of meds, "I can breathe today, Mom. Isn't that great!"
Yes, yes it is.