Nebulizer Treatments

Ben has been trying to kick this cold for the past week. He feels pretty good, just has this cough and runny nose that won't go away (that was how my cold drug on too). His doctor wanted him brought in ASAP last Thursday after a 6 hour coughing fit that wouldn't improve with anything (CPT, nebulizer treatments, cool mist, etc.). They were mainly concerned that he might have pneumonia. So we drove Ben on in and thank goodness... he didn't. They just said to continue to give him regular nebulizer treatments and hopefully soon he will get over the bump (although now I think I've caught the cold back again from Ben because I'm congested and feel a little under the weather - it is just so hard to not pass it back and forth when you spend so much time with someone and you are constantly suctioning and dealing with their secretions). Our nurse is also feeling under the weather and she called off last night (now I have plenty of time to update Ben's blog).

But we are doing these nebulizer treatments every 3-5 hours around the clock and Ben is such a stellar patient! I've tried to make the treatments like a little relaxation therapy for Ben and he has really taken to them. I prop him in the boppy and put on his taped show of Handy Mandy. He holds the tube for me, relaxes and watches his show (he does this about five times a day when he's up). He is just so sweet!