Hi,
I can't seem to find the old support thread. I lurked on it during many long, lonely and frightening nights and admissions with ds over the past year and a half.
My ds is 21 months now, was hospitalized at 8 weeks severe bronchiolitis (really thought he would die) then every 3-4 weeks since whenever he gets a cold. No symptoms in between colds but a wet, crackly chest with some wheeze with every cold. Plus of course the dreaded tracheal tug and sternal recession that heralds an admission.
It is all so bloody draining and heartbreaking!
We are just starting with a new bout today after a whole 8 weeks of being well. I am debating whether to call in sick for my nightshift tonight or leave poor hubby with an inevitable hospital admission AND our 4 year old!
Anyway, would be good to hear from others going through similar so we can all support each other ( or direct me to the original support thread!)
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Knackeredmother · 21/09/2011 09:26
Thank you, I don't really know what their plan is but he has been on 10 puffs every 2 hours since he arrived at 7am this morn, his stats are at 90/91, normally by now they would have given him a neb?? His breathing at the mo is 67 breaths per min and he only had his last lot of inhalers at 1.30 
Happy Xmas everybody!
DS started with a cough yday and after a very long night he is now in hosp 
they have admitted him and he is having a sleep at the mo but his breathing is just terrible xxx
Ds2 had an okay day he didn't eat much but really enjoyed opening his presents 
he was breathless all day and at one point I nearly put him on ds1 neb but we managed with 10 puffs 4 hourly.
Cedmonds and sirzy glad you had a hood day too. We brought ds2 the innotab so that helped too x
He's got an upper respiratory infection hopefully once the meds kick in he will be okay 
I've not known a Christmas where we haven't spent the say or days after on hospital.
Sirzy how's your ds? X
Oh sirzy really hope you don't end up in ds2 has an appointment at 2.30 he's so quiet and not really himself x
Hope everyone still manages to have a super Christmas x x
I will have a 
for you just as soon as DS is in bed. Only 2 hours to go thankfully, I don't know where he gets his energy from especially when poorly!
Thank you I will do.
DS1 ended up on pred and ventalin each time he had a cold following bronchiolitis at same age and had a couple of admissions. We were very fortunate that it stopped when he got to about four years. I had blocked out how horrible it is to see your Child struggling like that.
I must get a grip and keep fake 
-ing. I was so excited for Baby DS first Christmas (and DS1's 10th and DS2's 7th) and am lucky that all relatively calm and OK at this precise moment but I just can't shake that feeling of dread off.
Time for a 
as not an option.
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