Day 2

Just a quick note before I try and get some sleep.  .  .  .

Lucas is doing alright, but probably a little worse than he was last night.  He gets these coughing spells and he can't stop.  He has so much gunk down in his lungs and he can't get it up.  The breathing treatments with the nebulizer don't work so hot, so the only thing they can really do is to put a saline solution in his nose and then suction it out with a vacuum sucker thing.  It is not a pleasant process for poor Lucas.  Tonight the normal sucker wasn't doing the job, so we had to stick a small tube down his throat to suck it out.  The nurse said it gives them the sensation like we're sucking out his breathe.  Fantastic.  He gives me these looks now like, "Mom, why are you letting them do this to me?"  And he turns his mouth in this upside down frown (just like both his mom and dad can do).  It completely breaks your heart.

They said if he stays off oxygen and continues to nurse he will probably be able to go home tomorrow.  This is wonderful, but it also makes me nervous because he doesn't seem so much better.  I'll have to talk to the doctor about this tomorrow.

BLAST these testy alarms!  (:

The baby next to us is almost 7 months old.  He's really cute.  He has to have the suction vacuum too.  Darn RSV.

I hate that I'm using all these precious vacation days to the hospital.  I would love to take a few real vacation days with my son in the summer and play in the grass or at the beach.  I'll just have to save up some money.

11:11 - make a wish.