sick boy ambulance fun

so...here is my sick boy. he's been coughy stuffy heavy breathing boy for a few days now, so we had a jammie stay at home and sleep as much as possible day yesterday :) here he is in his cute pj's from cousin aj just chillin with his toy and watchin some tv!

 

today was more eventful though! i decided that i needed to be a good mom and make sure that becks just had a cold, so me and lace ventured to a walk in clinic with our sick boys this morning. it seemed like a nice clinic, and we had a nice nurse and doctor, but things turned not so nice when the doctor got a worried look on her face after listening to beckam's breathing. she said she didn't like the sound of it and that his saturation was only 84 when it should be 95+ (???). they did this little breathing treatment thing and then said that he was retracting more than he should be (using his tummy muscles to breathe) still, and then the talk of ambulance came up....WHAT?!?!? i was flabbergasted and of course asked if we could just drive to emergency, but the doctor said she didn't know what was wrong and couldn't take any chances and that was that....the sirens were sounding, and me and becks were both in for our 1st ambulance ride!

 

lacey took aj and went to my house to get some formula and to see if she could find dust at the school and then met me at the hospital. i'm sooooo thankful that she was there! tears welled at one point when i realized that i was miles away from family and from my doctor and from the canadian health care system and that my husband didn't have a cell i could reach him on and when i thought about the things that could be wrong with my little becks, and she kept me calm and encouraged me and then ran off to get everything i might need during our stay in emergency (love you lace!!!) they had me get on the stretcher holding becks with this giant oxygen mask on his face, and they strapped me in and wheeled me out through the waiting room with him in my arms (embarrassing/awkward/crazy?? uh....ya!). it was so surreal and so weird, and i was just thankful that he was allowed to suck on his soother with the mask on so that he stayed calm while they did their thing. the ambulance guys were so nice, and becks slept on the way there - he was so pooped and so cute.

 

we got to the children's wing in this christian hospital, and the nurses/doctor were so nice and so helpful, and after some temperature taking, some heart beat listening, some oxygen level observing, we got the news that becks has bronchiolitis - a common cold for an adult but a little more for a baby. we got a little puffer for him and a bulb syringe to clear out his congestion and a referral to a doctor for follow up, and that was that! the ambulance ride was kind of extreme for what we found out, but i'm glad that they took good care of us and assumed the worst and made sure that everything was covered. i'm also glad that we invested in emergency insurance coverage from back home cuz one of the emt's said that the base charge for an ambulance ride is $800!! that means we'll probably be receiving a bill for over $1000 some day in the near future, and thankfully we will send it up north and get a cheque back - whew!

 

anyway....that's our story from the day. becks was a champ - he was smiley and happy for the most part, and the only time i had to turn my head was when the respiratory therapist was clearing out his sinuses. becks didn't like that so much so neither did his mom! thankfully, lace found dust, so he was there with us, and thankfully we are home, and our 1st ambulance ride didn't result in any real emergency :)

 

enjoy the cute pics of our little guy in his gown getting top treatment from his mom and dad and aunt and nephew, and here he is totally tuckered out after leaving the hospital - so cute! thank you again lace for all you did to help :)