Austin's ER Adventure

On Wednesday, Austin had a fever off and on all day.  We have been alternating Tylenol and Ibuprofen to try and keep it down.  At 10:30pm that night his fever spiked to 105.9.  This scared me enough that we made the decision he needed to see a doctor.  Of course, everything was closed except for the Emergency Room.  In just a diaper and a blanket I took Austin to the ER.  When we first arrived Austin's heart rate was 188, he was immediately hooked up to a heart monitor. He was crying so hard they could not hear his lungs and was taken in to get x-rays.  The nurse put him in this strange contraption to hold him still.  He was sitting in this chair that held his arms above his head and had plastic shell all the way around him so he could not move. 

We spent the next 2 hours waiting for the fever to go down and get the results from the x-ray.  He fell asleep in my arms still attached to the monitors.  When he was awake he loved playing with the cords attached to the monitors.  They were perfect for his little hands to pull.  Luckily he only pulled the cords off his sensor once and the nurse was in the room.

After the x-rays results came in we were told he had RSV.  We caught it early enough that it had not become a very serious case. They suctioned out his nose and sent us home.  We gave him Tylenol for the next day and kept him in just a diaper to help reduce the fever. Monday morning he is feeling so much better, there is a little cough and a runny nose.  It is so scary to see him so sick.  The ER staff was so great and very concerned for Austin.  I hope we never have to go back.