Kaylyn is home from the Hospital!

This is going to be a long one...

These last few days have been incredibly stressful to say the least. It all started Monday night when Kaylyn woke up around 10pm wheezing really bad and having a really hard time breathing (when she went to bed at 7pm she was perfectly fine). Keith went in to check on her, and the next thing I know he is standing in the doorway with her saying we need to take her to the Emergency Room immediately. So we get her pack up and we head to the ER up here in Temecula. Let's just say that this hospital's care and staff were sub standard at best.

When we first got there, we waited for about 20 minutes for a nurse to come and triage Kaylyn. Finally, when nobody came and Kaylyn was working even harder to breathe Keith approached the secretary sitting at the desk to find out when she was going to be triaged. The receptionist told him that she didn't know and he needed to go outside and use the phone to call the nurse himself! So he did and the nurse finally came out and agreed that she needed to be brought back immediately.

So we finally got a bed (in the hallway in the middle of the ER) and we wait even longer. No one comes over to help, no nurses, doctors or respiratory therapists and my baby is working hard to breathe! So again, Keith gets up and demands to know who the Charge nurse is. He spoke with the Charge nurse and she called the respiratory therapist to come over and take a look at her. Keep in mind that we have now been at this ER for over an hour! They proceed to give her a breathing treatment, followed by an RSV swab in the nose. This is when things started to go downhill fast.

The swab totally pissed her off (as it would anybody) and she got really upset which resulted in her not being able to breath at all. She was working so hard to move air but she just couldn't. She was turning blue in front of our eyes and no one was doing anything. There is nothing worse than watching your child struggle to breath. Keith and I both thought that she was going to die right then and there. It was beyond scary. Thank goodness Keith was there and he demanded the equipment to help her himself. Keep in mind that this is all going on in the middle of the ER where everyone is watching.

Finally after what seemed like at eternity, Keith was able to calm her down and she received several more breathing treatments. She still sounded awful and the decision was made that she needed to be transferred down to Children's hospital. She was so sick that they were originally going to fly her by helicopter to get her there quicker, but unfortunately it was too foggy so she had to be sent by Critical Care Ambulance.

While she was being transferred I went home and picked up Kylee (my mom stayed with her while Keith and I were at the ER). Poor thing had to be woken up at 2am, but she was a trooper and we rendezvoused with Keith and Kaylyn at Children's.

By the time we got to Children's Kaylyn was stabilized and doing better, however she was still very sick. They determined that she had a very severe case of Croup (which is an upper respiratory infection). Keith took Kylee to his parent's house and I stayed with Kaylyn. It was a very long night, but I knew that she was finally in capable hands.

Amazingly, Kaylyn was in such good spirits the entire time she was in the hospital. You wouldn't even know she was sick if you couldn't hear her breathe (which was an absolute awful sound!). She dazzled all the nurses, doctors, and staff with her goofy animated personality.

She continued to improve and thankfully was discharged yesterday afternoon. I don't think I have ever been awake so many consecutive hours, I was nearly a zombie! Keith's parents were absolutely wonderful and kept Kylee the entire time so that we could be with Kaylyn. I don't know what we would have done without them.

She is home now and doing well. We took her to the Dr this morning for a follow up and he said that the worst of it is behind us. Somehow Kylee managed to evade this sickness, which I am oh so happy about. Needless to say, the last few days have been crazy to say the least. I am just so thankful that she is home now and doing better.