Poor Madison!

So Madison is now 14 months old! This past Sunday, in the middle of the night, we ended up in the ER with Madison due to her having a horrific cough. We were there for about 4 hours, and she had several tests done. She had to have blood drawn, a cathetar to get a urine sample, and chest xrays to figure out why she's coughing. The came to the conclusion that she just had a viral infection, so she was given a shot of steroids and sent home with antibiotics for a UTI.

Well, on Monday we ended up taking her back into the ER because her breathing was concering. It was very rapid and she was retracting to where we could see her ribs. Her heart was also racing extremely fast. When we got to the ER the dr immediatly started her on breathing treatments, and ordered another xray. The xray showed about the same cloudiness, but just a little bit more. We found that her stats were low, and her heartrate was racing still. She ended up getting another IV with fluids, because she refused eating or drinking anything that day. The dr told us that she was forsure staying the night, because she didn't feel comfortable with her oxygen levels.

After being there for a few hours and no change in her condition the Dr consulted with the Pediatritians and they said that it would be best to have her in ICU for closer monitoring. Well that hospital doesn't have a peds ICU. So, Madison was transferred, by amubulance, to a bigger hospital with a PICU. We got to the hospital and things were finally starting to look better. She was finally keeping up her oxygen levels and we were expecting her to go home this morning (Tuesday). The dr said that he wanted to keep her another night to make sure that she gets the breathing treatments that she needs.

Today has been a much better day. Her lungs are sounding much better so her breathing treatments switched from every 2 hours to every 4. She's also not requiring any IV fluids, just medicine, becuase she's finally eating and drinking again. Hopefully since she seems to be doing so well, and hasn't had a fever in 24 hours that she'll be getting sent home tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone who's been thinking about her and praying for her. It means a lot to us! :)