A few weeks ago- we had a fun little snow storm that shut down Portland for
about 4 days. Even Big Al's closed- which I never thought I would see the day
:)
Both the kids had been sick the week leading up to the snow storm that
started Thursday. Evan started his cough and a slight fever on Monday- and he
seemed to be getting somewhat better on Wednesday. By Friday, he seemed to be
worse after having a few rough nights dealing with Evan. I spoke to
two doctors on Friday and got advice on how to treat and take care of
Evan. By late Friday afternoon, I started to hear Evan wheeze while breathing and
I started to panic. Called the doctor and they advised us to take Evan to the
ER to get checked. So, we packed up the car (with food, blankets, etc.) and
drove to the ER in several inches of snow. We made it without any problems and
got in fairly quick to get Evan treated.
The nurses and doctors could visibly tell that he had restricted breathing
and started him on Albuterol treatment. We had a chest x-ray done to rule out pneumonia
and bronchitis. The results came back negative- phew! The final results came in
and he did have an ear infection- which is why he had trouble eating and had
fevers and restricted breathing. We got lots of medicine for him and off we
went home. The whole outing was about 4 hours! Not bad- we made it home just
fine- put the kids to bed and Evan only woke up once! He was 10 times better
the next day!
For the rest of the weekend, we stayed close to home- we didn’t want to
chance going out and exposing the kids to more illness.
Both kids are healthy and doing well!
Here are some pictures from that crazy weekend!
