So quick post to update on our latest fiasco. So Nicole started her oral meds on Tuesday for glaucoma. It coincided with the worsening of a wicked cold she got from her sister. Two days later she refused to eat....like at all. I think she had a total of one bottle all day. She had a horrible cough, terrible runny nose and her breathing was really really quick. Enough to send her RT mom and paramedic dad over the top =)
Anyhow, it was 4:00pm yesterday and I thought I would call the Eye Clinic to see if anyone was still around to tell me if there was any issue with continuing the oral meds when she hasn't been eating. The response I got was, stop the meds and take her straight to the ER here. I was likely lovely. They were afraid that Nicole had gotten dehydrated. (The oral med is actually a diuretic) So downtown we went in rush hour. To make a long story short we were in and out in 3 hours with the answer of...no she is not dehydrated and she is not eating cause she has a virus, nothing to do with the oral meds. So now I feel like THAT mom. They sent us home and told us to get the Hydra sense nasal aspirator (yum) and clean her out before feeds. And I could restart her oral meds. By the way, the aspirator, albeit very gross, works AMAZING! Nicole is back to almost normal feeding!
So that was our ER story. The funniest part is that the Resident who saw us was actually in Ophthalmology. All he wanted to do was look in her eye. (Nicole was kind enough to let him). He thought it was the coolest thing. You know he went home and called all his Ophthalmology buddies and told them all about what he got to see. I'm sure he's only read about this in a textbook. LOL. We thought it was hilarious that Nicole was there to be assessed for eating issues and he just kept looking in her eye. Then he was like, see you next year at the Clinic!! Too funny.
So that was our excitement yesterday. Thankfully, all is back to normal. Well normal for us anyways. =)
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