Huffin' Albuterol

So Maddy had a real full blown asthma attack yesterday. She came home from school really wheezy and coughing. I gave her a hit from her inhaler and it did help a little, but only for an hour or so. She really was pretty bad. Wheezing in between words when she talked. Poor thing. Finally at 7:30 at night I am convinced to take her to the doctor. There is a pretty cool pediatric urgent care about 10 miles from here so I took her there.

We go in and I'm signing the sign in sheet and making a note of the names ahead of us so that I can tell how much longer we have to wait and the lady asks "What is she here for?" I say "She is having some trouble breathing." and the lady jumps up and runs in the back. She brings out the monitor that you put on your finger that says the oxygen levels in your blood. It says 86. I don't know what it is supposed to be but I know that is low. Once when we were vising Lori in the hospital Larry put one on his finger and his level was 98. Anyways, so she goes in the back and then right away this guy comes into the waiting room and asks for her. I was surprised and all "who? her!?" They take another reading with the finger machine and he sticks his head out of the nursing station and says to someone "Get her in first". I was kinda freaking out at this point. I've never ever just gotten right in like this.

The doctor comes in and sets her up on a breathing treatment. I have no clue how long she sat there but it seemed like quite awhile. Maybe 20 mins. Breathing through this tube. When she came off I could tell she felt a lot better.

They gave us a nebulizer to take home and I have to give her a breathing treatment every 4 hours. I had to wake her at 2 am and give her one.. then I let her sleep til 7. Shoot me. I just couldn't get her up early after such a crazy night. I have to go to school to give her another one and then she will get one right before trick or treating tonight, (Happy Halloween by the way) and then again before bed. Hopefully that will fix her. She still woke up all wheezy this morning.

The nebulizer they gave her is pretty cute. It has a fish face mask and fish stickers to decorate it with. And a book about a fish who has asthma. So we read the book while she is wearing her fish mask. She likes that.

Oh I forgot.... While we were at the urgent care we are waiting in our room and the door was open and I hear a mom say to her kid. "You won't put anything in your ear again will you?" LMAO... I had to laugh. but not too hard cause I know that will be me and Connor in about 6 months.