Three strikes and it is asthma??? well maybe

Well this is our 3rd visit to the ER in 11 months. Our 2nd admission to the hospital and they still can't officially say Christian has asthma. Seems that way, but they are the doctors.
(this picture is him in the ER on an oxygen mask, not a fun thing to try and keep on a toddler)

To catch everyone else up here is the story. Daycare called me around 10:40 am on thursday to tell me Christian was coughing and coughing and coughing and having problems breathing. Chris went home at lunch and gave him a breathing treatment. He seemed to be doing better. He ate lunch, took a nap and played. Then at 4pm when I got home he got another treatkment. He can only have treatments at home every 4 hours. Well in 2 hours he was coughing again and couldn't breath well. I called he Pedi's office and on their suggested we headed to the ER. They gave him more treatments and oxygen. His breathing was still labor and his heart rate too fast to send him home.

So here we are at the hospital. By now you are asking, how are you blogging from the Hospital (and why)? Well Chris and Christian are playing ball in the hospital room and since Chris works at Seton (Dell Children's is a Seton Hosp.) and he brought his lap top...I can connect to the world wide web.

Just a few things about Dell Children's hospital. Great new hospital and wonderful ER and staff. They have always been wonderful when we have been here, but now we are in a nice new hospital. I think it is only in Austin that you can get live music in your hospital room. About 30 mins ago 2 nice men stopped by and played Christian a song. He loved it and it calmed him down a little. He is full of energy now and doesn't like that he is being limited by being attached to the heart rate and pulse ox. monitor.

The picture below was taken in the ER when he received his 1st breathing treatment. It lasted an hour and luckily he slept through most of it.
We will hopefully get out later today (friday). He is off oxygen and his levels are holding steady, but he is still coughing from time to time.

On a side note. He has watched CARS about 6 times since last night so if anyone is thinking about Christmas present....a bigger variety of Disney DVD's would be great and Christian would love anything Lightin' (
aka CARS related).