the mighty max update: quick update on max's bug

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

quick update on max's bug

This darn bug apparently wants to stay and invite all his friends over too.

He still feels incredibly lousy this morning and is requiring a lot of intervention. This morning he gave me quite the scare. In hopes of soothing him (he was whimpering and crying from feeling so sick), I was rocking him and reading him a book. He coughed a few times and then his sats just plummeted. I had just taken him off the monitor and O2 an hour earlier, but I could tell without the machine...this was serious. His face was that dreadful pale color and the lips were blue. Horrible. I shook him a bunch, grabbed the O2 and put him on the monitor. Sure enough he was in the 50s (and that was after some O2) and he took some time to bring up his sats. It felt like an hour but it was probably just a few minutes.

Not sure exactly what happened...perhaps some congestion got stuck in his narrow airway and he couldn't clear it. Either way, I'm certainly hoping it doesn't happen again.

The doctor wants to see him again this morning and I am wondering if we need to go ahead and check him in the hospital. We don't have our night nurse the rest of this week (vacation) and I'm wondering how we can do this when he is feeling this miserable.

I know this is minor compared to what some of Max's friends are experiencing (several are in the hospital dealing with major issues), but it is scary when you think your lil' guy is beyond this crazy medical stage. Quite the reality check for sure.

7 comments:

Unknown said...: We will add you and Max to our prayers that these bugs will leave Mighty Man alone! Hang in there Amy...
Hugs
Jaye; July 31, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Crystal M. said...: Hope you feel better soon Maxwell!!! Hugs,
Crystal and Eva; July 31, 2007 at 11:29 AM
Moriah Bettencourt said...: Sorry little buddy, that is awful! There is some nasty stuff going around here, Alex has pretty much been sick nonstop since the begining of June, which is VERY unlike him.; July 31, 2007 at 12:36 PM
Anonymous said...: you are in my thoughts and prayers max, amy and grammy. I hope that the big guy can get a enough of a jump to fight the bugs/germs and not end up in the hospital.; July 31, 2007 at 3:53 PM
Christy said...: Go away germs! Leave Mighty Max alone. Sorry for the terrible scare, Amy. I pray for Maxwell to feel better soon!; July 31, 2007 at 9:09 PM
Miss N Cedie said...: I am so sorry Amy.; August 1, 2007 at 6:31 AM
Amy, Mike and Ben Russo said...: Max, we hope you and your mommy get to leave the hospital soon. Sounds like some nasty bug! I hope you start feeling better soon.; August 1, 2007 at 8:55 AM

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