Adaline and I have now ridden in an ambulance twice in our lifetimes. It took me 29 years and it took her only 2 weeks.
On Saturday night she started getting more congested than she has been and by Sunday morning she was refusing to eat. She had to work so hard to eat, that by the time her next feeding came around she was just too tired to do it all over again. My husband and I were ready to take her to get a feeding tube, but I called the pediatrician and she said that as long as we can get half of what she normally gets down, she would be OK. We were getting that much down, but she was skip feedings occasionally, so we worked with her. On Monday morning I called to get her an appointment and the earliest they had was 3:40. Around 11am she was doing this really heavy breathing. When she was in her bouncy seat the whole seat was bouncing she was breathing so hard. So, I called the pediatrician back and they said to bring her right in. Her O2 level was in the high 60s so they called and ambulance and sent her straight to the hospital.
What a difference some O2 can make! She sucked down 60ml of pumped milk (she was only taking 45 when she was healthy). They took her off of the o2 last night, but she didn't do well, so they put her back on it again this morning. They think we may be here for a few days or longer. We just need to wait for her little body to fight the virus off.
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