Tuesday, July 8, 2008

MIA.... Sorry

So the last couple of days I have been MIA because Noah was admitted to the hospital for a fever.... on Saturday night we noticed he felt warm so we took his temp and it was 100.4, which was right at the limit for his age. So to be on the safe side we took him to the ER at St. Mary' Medical Center. They saw us right away and by the time we got there his temp was up to 100.8F. They ran some tests and started and IV with antibiotics. This is where mommy lost it... not because we have not been through this all before, and some worse, but because the nurse that was starting his IV... well lets just say... I was not happy. She smelled like smoke... she was not very nice and when she went to start the IV should would not stop poking him. In and out she pulled the needle... his heart rate was over 220 and he was turning purple from not breathing. We asked her to stop several times and she completely ignored us. We started nice and then got more and more stern with our requests for her to stop poking him. I was very angry and upset. As soon as she left the room I walked over to the charge nurse and told him that we did not want her to come back in the room, we wanted a new nurse and we did not her to touch our son again. From then on it was ok. We got the NICU nurse to come down and start the IV and take blood. Then we were admitted to the pediatric unit where everyone was amazing. Dr. Sharma came to see him on a regular basis and we were very pleased with the level of his care and could not have asked for anything else.

Some it comes down to it and it is just a fever, not anything else to worry about and we got to come home this morning. He is sleeping and eating good so we are all happy! Mommy stayed around the clock with Noah as he does not yet know how to take a bottle. I am happy to be home with my other boys!

Thanks to Mindy and Marcos for lunch yesterday!!! Love you guys!!!

1 comment:

Heidi - said...

I'm so sorry I didn't know he was in the hospital. We are out of the loop with being out of town. You should have called me. I could have helped with the boys. Let's get together next week when we get home. Talk to you soon!! I'll be praying for Noah.