Wednesday, February 4, 2009

"Welcome to the Hotel Covenant"

Tuesday morning Jonas woke up crying at 1:30am with a bunch of snot. Normally this wouldn't be a big deal, but he was taking short, shallow, fast breaths. I gave him one of his breathing treatments from when he had RSV this past December, but after an hour we were back in the same place again. The on-call pediatrician recommended that we go ahead and take Jonas in to the hospital. After the ER gave Jonas a couple of different inhalation treatments they admitted him to the hospital. Unfortunately, after 4 failed attempts to start an IV in his arms (torture for him and us!) they finally ended up putting it in his head (sounds worse than it is).

The blood and mucus tests that they ran to identify the typical virus culprits all came back negative. So, they've been giving him breathing treatments every couple of hours and have had him on oxygen to help boost the level of O2 in his blood. The Dr wants to keep him until tomorrow (Thurs) to see if some of the wheezing in his lungs will dissipate before releasing him.

He's in good spirits and we are getting sleep wherever we can, so hopefully we will be able bust out of this joint soon!

6 comments:

lfhcreative said...

I hope you get out of hotel covenant soon! I will be praying for a speedy recovery for little Jonas and rest for you.

Unknown said...

I am convinced there might be nothing worse than having a sick baby! It is so hard to see your baby suffer and to be so sleep deprived yourself. We will be praying for sweet Jonas that he would have a rapid recovery and that you will have a grandma show up to help you get rest during the weekend! Keep us posted!

Lindsee said...

Bless your (and his) heart! I so hope he starts to feel better again soon. Hospitals are not our friend. (That is of course unless we really need them!) But still scary!

TheLudlows said...

Get Well soon sweet Jonas!!!!

Sara said...

Oh, do get well Mr. Jonas!

On a different note though...could he be any cuter in that hospital crib??? I'm sure he's wooed all the nurses - he'd have me wrapped around his little finger if I was one of them!

H Noble said...

He is so so sweet! Bless his little heart and we hope he is released and feeling much better today. Prayers for all of you for rest and return to normal!