Today, we went to Children's to get Maddy's ear tubes put in. She actually almost didn't get the procedure done because of her cough. We had several office visits and multiple people listen to her chest - they all said it was fine. No croup. No fluid in the lungs. Just a cough. Okay.
Today, the nurses heard differently. They checked her and heard wheezing. Nuts. Are you kidding? So they did a breathing treatment and it went away. The good thing is that her blood oxy level was at 100%. The plus "she looked good" seemed to convince the doctor's to move forward.
It was hard to let her go, but it was easier than with Reagan. We knew Children's and the doctor and the procedure was short and sweet. When we met with the doctor, he said that her ears were small and it was very gunky. She had lots of thick fluid that took a while to drain. That's what happened with Reagan. Not surprised. He actually said that she would have never cleared on antibiotics or on her own - it was too much draining to absorb into her body.
We got back to recovery and she was cranky! She sucked down 8 ounces of fluids and still was really cranky. Once we got moving, she was okay. I carried her down to the pharmacy to pick up some Tylenol. Yea! She fell asleep pretty fast on the ride home. I got home with her about 4:15 pm. She and I took a quick nap and took off to get Reagan.
She's sleeping again. I guess she'll need to sleep quite a bit in the next 24 hours.
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