Luke has had a very rough day in the hospital. Runny noses and congestion led to ear infections for the boys. Jack seems to be recovering fine, but Luke's runny nose has continued and last night he began coughing and gagging on the drainage so much that he could not sleep at all. We have a hospital-grade suction machine at home and have been using it almost hourly on Luke, so when he still had not fallen asleep at 2am, we were out of options.
Since being admitted this morning, Luke has been on oxygen and is having breathing treatments (albuterol and vapor) every 2-3 hours. Even with that, the coughing and restlessness continued. He has not kept any liquids down for 24 hours now, and has an IV for fluids. Around 6pm we moved from a normal/general unit to the intermediate care unit, where the respiratory therapists can watch him closer and give him the extra attention that he needs right now.
The amount of oxygen Luke is being given has increased throughout the day, and it was around 8pm before things started to stabilize. The doctor and therapists still don't like the way his lungs sound, but after his 8pm treatment, Luke was able to sleep for over an hour for the first time in over a day (and I feel so much better after just a little bit of sleep)!
We just finished another breathing treatment, and I think Luke was upset about being woken up. He has loved getting his treatments, but this time he screamed, kicked, arched his back and was so wild that he loosened his IV and had to have it reset. He is resting well now and will continue to be watched closely every 2 hours. Thanks for all the prayers. We will update again tomorrow as things progress.
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