Tyler goes to the hospital

The week while we were at my mom's (during all that snow) Tyler got a cold, he was sneezing and had a runny nose, never had a fever. On Sunday before his baptism he kinda threw up a little and that concerned me and I made the comment that I think we will be making a trip to the doctor in the morning. Everyone kinda thought I was over-reacting, but I think a mom knows best! After we got home that evening, Tyler just wasn't eating. He would wake up every 3 hours like he wanted to eat, but he would only take 1/2 ounce. By morning I called the dr. and told him that he wasn't eating and that really concerned me, so they said yes bring him right away. I didn't even have time to get in the shower. Chad had taken Kirsten to school...I bundled up Tyler and woke Jack up and got him dressed and headed off the mountain (normally I wouldn't have left the house with the roads still being snow covered, but my adrenaline took over). We waited in the waiting room for what seemed like forever and once called back and explained why I was there, the nurse went to listen to his chest and didn't like what she heard. She ran out of the room to get a machine to check his oxygen levels once she got that reading she got Dr. Jakum (the best pediatrician ever!) and within what seemed like seconds the grabbed Tyler out of my arms and onto oxygen and called the emts. And what only seemed like a few more seconds the emts where there and loading him up and off to the ER. I was in tears...probably a bit hysterical, the nurses where wonderful at helping me distract Jack! The emts got him into the ambulance and we followed behind in my car and off we went to Fauquier Hospital. Meanwhile, I had called my mom to come out right away and called Chad to get him out of work and to go get Kirsten and meet me at the hospital. While in the ER they ran tests and they showed he had pneumonia. They wanted to send him to a childrens hospital so we decided on Fairfax's Childrens Hospital. He was then transported by medical transport to Fairfax and admitted there. My mom arrived to the ER and once Chad arrived with Kirsten she took them home. After we figured out that we were going to Fairfax, Chad went home to get some things and met me up at Fairfax later that night. He spent 2 nights in the hospital...got better and was sent home.

The dr's said because he was so young (3 weeks at the time) when they get a simple cold they don't know how to fight it and decide to just give up. So luckily, I followed my motherly instincts and took him to the dr that Monday morning.

I am so grateful for the wonderful nurses and dr's at Piedmont Pediatrics, Fauquier ER and Fairfax Children's Hospital!