Oh, Ollie

A quick post because I'm doing this while I wait for Microsoft to do a search for a long-lost file.

Ollie, Mommy and Daddy took a trip to Dell Children's Tuesday afternoon. Ollie was really struggling Monday night, and when Larry took him back to see Dr. P Tuesday morning, he was in respiratory distress and they told Larry we needed to go to Children's. I drove from work to meet them, leaving a live Webinar literally in the middle. As in the past, multiple Bulldogs stepped in without fanfare to help.

An ambulance ride later they wheeled him in, still in his car seat and asleep, getting a little oxygen for the ride over.

Well, anyway, Oliver is fine. We stayed in the ER for about five hours for observation. Oliver had a steroid shot to reduce the swelling in his airway that is caused by croup. He slept for a while and then woke up and nursed happily. His color was good and his oxygen levels were pretty stable, they did dip a little. Seeing that monitor brought back many troubling NICU memories for me.

Since we've been home he's much better, the steroids have helped and I think he's managed it well. He is such a sweet little guy, he was smiling at the nurses. I wish he didn't have to go through things like this. The ER doctor said "These preemies, by six months, really, I see them do very well. I see a strong kid here."

I'm going to cling to that, and my coffee cup, for now.