A Late Night at the ER

Jacob breathing 60 times a minute prompted a late night ER visit yesterday. After a round of Albuterol (he kept crinkling his nose in bewilderment), a dose of Prelone (he let it dribble out) and a chest X-ray (Whew! Just viral), we were on our way back home.

Now I'm counting breaths, watching for fevers and wrestling with the metered dose inhaler. As you can see, he likes to disassemble it and put in his mouth!

Here's what happened when I took it away:

I spent the next 15 minutes trying to get him calmed down so he wouldn't flare his lungs... or throw up!


Sheila Cason, MD