Sick Little Buddy

This is the 2nd at-home breathing treatment. He was much better by this one. We did not have to hold his hands down anymore.

Here is Kyle eating his waffle this morning. His favorite chicken has been with him constantly while he has been sick.

Here's Kyle watching a show with his daddy last night.

We found out this morning that Kyle has bronchitis.

Last week, he started getting the sniffles and runny nose. He ran a fever last Wednesday night, the 12th, but he was fever free after that.

He still continued to have the runny nose thing.

Last weekend, he started getting a cough. I gave him OTC medicine to help with that.

It started getting a little worse, so Everett took him to the doctor on Tuesday morning. The doctor said everything was fine and he looked great! I was so hoping she would call in antibiotics for him! I wanted him to get well so fast!

Yesterday, his cough got worse, his nose was more runny, his eyes were very watery, and he had had a fever for 2 days.

I took him to the doctor this morning. She listened to him breathe and said he needed a breathing treatment. We have only had one experience with a breathing treatment. Chloe had one last Spring. She sat there, held the mask over her nose by herself for 15 minutes and acted like such a big girl. I knew this would be nothing like that experience! Kyle does not like anything on his face or head.

The nurse brought the machine in, showed me how to use it, and then walked out! I had to hold him for 15 minutes kicking and screaming in my lap. I had to force the mask on his face. The whole time he was just yelling "Mommy, mommy, mommy...". I was trying to rock him and tell him it was ok. I just wished someone had stayed in there to help me. I had tears coming down my face by the time the nurse decided to come back in.

The doctor measured his breathing again, and it was at 93% which was down from where it had been. She said that if it had been any lower, she would have put him in the hospital. We now need to do at-home breathing treatments with him every 4 hours. We have another appointment very early tomorrow morning, so hopefully, I will have some good news by then.

Here are a few pictures of little Kyle this week.