As I told you in my last post, Little E was up early this morning having trouble breathing. I naturally assumed that he had phlegm in his throat that was blocking his airway and didn’t think much of it.
That is until later this morning when I noticed his chest heaving as he struggled for breath.
I called the doctor and was trying to decide whether to bring him in right away or wait a while to see how he was when he came into the room with a look of panic on his face and announced, “Mom, I can’t breathe!”
The doctor, who was still on the phone, said she could see him right away.
I brought him up there and when she listened to him, she thought he had inhaled an object because she could not hear any breath.
She had him breathe in a nebulizer for 10 minutes, then listened again.
This time, she could hear his breathing, but it was wheezy.
She said that she is not ready to say he has asthma, but his body is “acting” like it has asthma and he needs to use an inhaler every four hours, as needed, and take 3 days of steroids.
I cannot explain the panic a momma feels when her little guy tells her he cannot breathe.
It looks like he is going to be fine, though.
Hopefully, he will not have serious asthma, but we will just have to wait and see what happens.
You must have been so scared. I hope he is feeling better.