hi all,thankyou for having harry in your thought the past few days,we brought harry home late yesterday,
he had bronchiolitis and 2 perferated ear drums.bronchiolitis is very common at this time of year for bubs under 12 months,the ward was full of little bubs with the same condition,some worse than others,harry,s was a fairly serious case so he needed to be tube fed through a naso gastric tube and was on oxygen,when i took him in he was working very hard to breath,his little chest was caving in with each breath and he was extremely irratable,his oxygen intake was well below normal.they were really good as soon as we arrived at emergency they took him straight in and then admitted him onto the ward,i was a bit shocked at the severity of it all.they started with blood tests and oxygen then put his tube in so they could feed him.then they started to work on his ears,there was so much puss,so they have been doing a syrynge wash twice a day and some drops.he was on iv antibiotics also.they tried to get him to drink but that failed so he had to stay on the tube feed till the day we left,he did have a small feed the 2nd day we were there but he decided it was to hard and wouldnt feed again for about 12 hours,yesterday he started to drink small amounts and his fever broke,he was breathing alot better so they were confident that i could manage him at home,he has slept alot since we have come home and only drinking small amounts but his breathing has improved dramatically.his cough is absolutly terrible,they will see him again in 8 weeks to reveiw his ears and may concider gromits to help them drain when there is a fluid build up.it is a day procedure done under general anesthetic.as far as the bronchiolitis goes there is not alot that can be done as it is viral,and unfortunantly he may get it again before he reaches 12 months but fingers crossed that does not happen.they think that he got it becuase someone witrh a simple cold passed it on to harry and he was hit hard because his immune system is weak due to the constant illnesses he has had to endure.so at the moment we are happy with his progress but keeping a very close eye on his intake of food,if he doesnt get back to normal with his eating within the next 4 days we have to take him back but i am confidant that tomorrow will be even better than today.
as a side note we had a terrible big fight on the night he was in hospital with grants brother and girlfriend because we couldnt go to his brothers birthday.WTF!!!!!loooong storey and they still wont talk to us.also grants brother still has not bothered to even ring or message to see if harry is ok since the day he went in to the hospital.F***** *******
nikki