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The 911 dispatcher had me put Declan on the floor and start CPR. I was trying to suction to see if I could get something, while pounding, I even tried the cough assist to try to move something. It was probably seconds, felt like minutes. I said something on the lines like nope I can't get him back and told her to call 911. I must have been yelling at Declan because K came in. I was pounding on the side of his chest, he turned white, and his face went blank. He looks at me and starts saying "tap tap". I got a lot out, I went to move onto his mouth so I turned him onto his back. He was on his side, he sounded really gunky so I started suctioning his nose. I rolled out of bed, grabbed my phone and went into Declan's room. I thought this was one of my worst days, I was wrong.ġ0am Declan woke me up, he started calling for me through the monitor. I didn't think she would need that plan so soon. Made sure she knew our address to tell 911, to open the front door, and if things got really bad, go get a neighbor. That night I had a talk with K, went over if Declan stops breathing again what I need her to do if she is here. I get it not wanting us to go to the hospital, RSV, flu are everywhere there, but Declan was not getting better then add this scare, I should have ignored everyone and just taken him then. They listened to him, said he sounded fine, a little junk in the left lung, and just keep doing what you are doing. Got him dressed and off we were to the docs. Doc said we will check him at his appointment. Declan was back to normal (sick normal) talking, sitting up, alert. I was again on the phone with the doctors, scared, worried, feeling everything. K came in to check on things I think I yelled for her, I was to rattled to remember. I turned him onto his side and started pounding on his side (probably harder than I needed to but it worked), it must of dislodged something enough for air to get back into the lungs, it was probably only 30 seconds but it felt so much longer. He said "tap, tap" and started gasping for breath, started turning white. Then I turned him onto his back after sleeping on his side. Normal sort of day for us, Declan woke up, I started suctioning him, normal stuff. K happened to be home sick, fighting a bug, she was quarantined to her room. We were doing everything the hospital would do, so my response from everyone was "just keep doing what you are doing." Declan was just taking a long time to recover, the illnesses are really bad this year, your doing everything the hospital would do.
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Nebulizer with Albuterol, suction, cough assist 5 sets of 5 with suction in between, and manual chest percussion when needed (Declan calls it Tapping). This was his regiment for the breathing treatments. Something different something new because Declan was not getting better. I was taking him back to the docs having our pedi doc talk to our pulmonary doctor to come up with a plan. Nothing was changing, how horrible is that to be sick for so long. We saw his doctors, did the xrays, we were doing his breathing treatments. All week I kept telling everyone he needs to go to the hospital he isn't getting better. Still coughing, still gunky, still not our happy boy.
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You can skip this section if you want.ĭeclan was still sick, after being sick since November and spending a week in the hospital, he was better from the flu, but still had a respiratory issue. Now here is where I'm going to tell you about our close call. Declan has changed this family for the better, and we will always fight for him. The world makes you tough, but you gather your strength from your family. I don't want to shame others if this is what they had to do, but the world has changed, and I hope they gave it a chance before doing so, because you never know what you are capable of until you are pushed to your limit time and time again. You are our baby boy and we will never give you up. We will always love you, no matter how many hospital stays we have to do or surgeries or never getting a good night sleep. Never a no, not even a thought process to not keep you, and love you. Declan I need you to know it was never a option. Yes, long time ago that's probably what people did. You could have put him in a home or given him away." Mind blown. I was talking with someone recently, and she said "I just don't know how you do it, and I'm so proud that you are cause you know you didn't have to. Just know Declan is ok, he is doing great. Fair warning this post may contain some triggers for those with close calls experiences (CPR), or PTSD.
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I've got two teenagers and Declan, I'm a very busy lady. I'm so very behind on this blog, nothing I can say but sorry and move on.