Unfortunately, five minutes after getting on the cruise (note, a 2.5 hour cruise), Andrew started coughing and wheezing and then throwing up. He threw up off and on the entire cruise. We changed his clothes once, getting him down to a jacket and diaper, but soon even that was dirty and I (Amanda) just sat in dirty clothes the whole time. Fun! But in between cleaning and caring for the little boy, we took some nice pictures of the beautiful lake.
We couldn't bear to drive the entire 400 miles home when the cruise ended at 5, and after trekking to the store to buy snacks (for us) and Pedialyte (for Andrew which he refused to drink and cried at the sight of it because it wasn't water). He slept most of the way to Gaylord, but still threw up more, where we stopped for a hotel again. On Monday, after some more throwing up, we finally made it back to Ann Arbor. And today, we finally made to the doctor and got Andrew probably diagnosed with asthma. Anyways, now, we have to give him medicine through a nebulizer 3x a day until he gets better. For those of you who don't know, it looks like this:
For those of you who know Andrew, you can guess how well that is going. And, even better, the medicine is a stimulant!!! Fun times in our house.
So, now you decide - was it Paradise or Hell?
5 comments:
Oh dear! Amanda.
It never ends huh? Call me when you get a chance. I will help out however I can.
Krista
All right, it was definite hell.
Oh honey, We areso sorry for little Andrew. He looked so grown up with the mask on. I hope it will not be too serious. Also sorry he was so sick and the trip was not all you had hoped for. Still lots of memories and beautiful pictures. We commend you for being such good parents. He is going to be a very handsome young man someday. Right now he is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy cute.
We loved our asthma doctor in Ann Arbor. Go to Doctor Marc McMorris at Domino's farms. We stuck out Riley's asthma treatment for a year with the pediatrician. After 4 trips to the ER within that year I decided to go to a specialist and get this managed. It was TOTALLY WORTH IT! Riley hasn't been to the ER since. He gets a daily treatment but it's better that 4-6 when he has an 'episode'.
I feel your pain!
Gwen
James was diagnosed with asthma also and once he got his symptoms under control we now put the nebulizer away and use this thing that only takes 30 secs to give him his meds. It is a plastic tube that has the mask on one end and a hole at the other to put the inhaler in. You puff once and have him breathe for 15 secs and repeat. It is sooo much easier. You should ask about it. And yes it did kind of sound like hell but hey it makes a great story.
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