Right now I am going a little batty...right now I am sitting in hospital bed hoping that the doctor will be releasing me here shortly.....I had a severe asthma attack yesterday afternoon and ended up in the emergency room and they decided that I needed to stay overnight....so needless to say it has been a long 24 hours or so.....yesterday was a real eye opener.....I guess I never realized how serious asthma can be....I couldn't walk or talk by the time I got to the emergency room....I guess I assumed that they would give me a shot put my on a nebulilator and I would be fine in like 30 minutes or so.....but that's not how it happened...my oxygen level was extremely low and my bronchial tubes were swelled almost shut initially they thought they were going to put me on a ventilator.....thank goodness they didn't it was touch n go the first 30 minutes or so....then my oxygen level began to rise..though I didn't receive any breathing relief for almost 2 hours...but the oxygen they were giving me was getting my oxygen level up enough so they didn't have to put me on a ventilator.....it was my first night away from Dylan I got about 4 hours of sleep....poor Collin and Dylan...Dylan woke up every hour crying so he didn't get much sleep either....we are so bonded at night time when we sleep it is tough for either of us not to be together....so we are hoping that I get to go home today....the doctor that came thru this morning during the morning rounds didn't think that they were going to release me today they are really worried that I am not stabilized and that I could have relapse....it is obvious to me that my asthma has gotten worse over the last 3 months or so...so I will be going to a pulmonary specialist and they will be getting me on stronger medicine and more of a full regimen that will need to be followed daily to keep my asthma in check and to hopefully keep this from ever happening again...............breathing and feeling air in your lungs is awesome.......
another update....they are keeping me one more night.........the doctor wants to make sure that I respond as well to the oral steroids as I have to the injected steroids.....she said yesterday was pretty scary and they want to try to avoid any chance of that happening.....well with that I am done blogging for now...............
2 comments:
Glad to hear that you are through the worst of it. Just do what needs to be done without any shortcuts. You're a great mother! We love you.
That sounds just terrifying and awful. Not being able to breathe is one of my biggest fears. I'm sorry you have to stay in the hospital another night, but I'm glad they're taking good care of you.
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