Reed All About It!: Pulmonary Visit

We had our visit with pulmonary today. I took her the images of Bricen's chest x ray on a disc so she could view them herself. She was shocked that old pediatrician would call that normal. She said she even called another physician over and asked if that looked normal to him. His ear still has puss and his chest "doesn't sound horrible." They put a pulse oximeter on him in office. We did this Tuesday at the new pediatrician's office too and he was fine. Today, he was in the high 80's. Pulmonary gave him a breathing treatment in the office and checked again, 97%. In ICU we tend to say things like, "That guy's about to buy himself a tube." Bricen bought himself a nebulizer and some steroids. Poor guy. I'm just ready to get my sweet baby back. I'm worried this antibiotic is not going to cut it. Four days of antibiotic and he is having problems w/his oxygen levels and still has puss in his ear. And Thanksgiving is next week. Of course I want everyone healthy for it but at the same time I automatically go to the scenario where no one is in office and this baby is getting worse. Ugh Also, I was thinking Bricen was moaning or groaning because his ear was hurting or he just didn't feel well. No, he was grunting. Like I'm having trouble breathing, grunting. Why did I not realize this? Hated myself the moment it came out of her mouth because I knew she was absolutely right. "One of my concerns is that he is not moaning or groaning but he is actually grunting." Mommy head vs. nurse head. They don't mingle sometimes. So there I was in yet another Dr.'s office getting all teary eyed because FINALLY someone was going to reallly help this baby. I had been asking for nebs for a week!