Re: Frustrated and Scared!

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Oh Kerri, thank you so much. The doctor we saw today said the same

thing. She was wheezing in the office and they gave her a breathing

treatment and now she seems to be breathing better. Thank you again,

for all the info!

Dustie

> It can be so stressful. I'm sorry you're going through it. By the

way, the

> pulseox machine shows the docs how much Oxygen is in the blood. If

the levels

> are too low, they will admit her and give her some O2 to get the

levels back

> up.

>

> If you can, get her some Gatorade and water it down (half water,

half

> Gatorade) I was surprised when my ped. said this instead of

Pedialyte, but if

> you look at some of the nutrition labels, there is more sugar in

the

> Pedialyte than the Gatorade! Go figure!

>

> Try to keep her as calm as possible. We noticed her symptoms were

much worse

> when she was crying and carrying on. We did lots of soothing baths,

etc.

> Anything to keep her calm.

>

> All you can really do is wait it out and watch her. Do you know

what actual

> wheezing sounds like? It's different than typical chest congestion

from a

> cold. That sounds like a rattle, and wheezing can be more like a

high-pitched

> whistling sound. That's the scary one. If she's really having

trouble, you

> can tell because she'll be gasping and her tummy will heave a lot

more than

> regular breathing.

>

> The one single thing I hate the most about kids'

illnesses.....viruses. (

>

> Kerri