steeleBreeze

Awake at 2:00 AM

It's not 2:00AM now - just that I was awake at 2:00am. Probably should have re thought the title. hmmmm Anyway Joshua had an Asthma attack on Monday afternoon/evening. So much so we had to bring him in to the doctors. It was his doctor who stayed late to see and I am grateful for that. She is excellent with our kids. Anyway they took his stats and everything looked good his O2 sat was 94 ~ 95% and his breathing was good. Much better than the last time we took him in with this.

So they gave Josh a Xopenex treatment at the office and she told me every 4 hours - unless he is sleeping. So back home we went - and I, as well as my wife, were feeling much relieved. So we finally get all the kids bed. We go to bed as well were tired (as most parent of 3 under 5 are). Anyway Josh wakes up coughing and crying at 2:00. So I go into his room and after 5 minutes I decide that he needs another round of Xopenex. The only problem is that this stuff "wires" josh and he can't sleep for a while. Come to find out that , while, is like 2 hours. So we laid on his bed, because how dare I leave him, until he falls asleep around 4:30 ish. I get up at 6:00 - good nights sleep.

Oh did I mention that our oldest spent the night in our bed the previous night with a mild fever and neck pains. Seems to be the after effects of having his adenoids removed. And oh yeah our youngest was in the bed as well. So no sleep for 2 nights. But hey its all part of parenting, right?

I really do love my kids - just wish tthey would let me sleep a wee bit more.

later
.mike

posted by mike @ 7:29 AM