Hi all, About an hour after tucking in the children tonight, I heard someone rattling and coughing at the top of the stairs. My 7 year old developed shortness of breathe, a barking cough, high fever , abrupt onset Wed. night after being put to bed. (We had the wood stove fired up). Danger instincts took over, I scooped her up and carried her down stairs, and started into action, as well as comisioning Dan.
It was so frightening, she was pale, sweating, breathing very fast, weak and tired, I quickly steamed up the bathroom, got a wet towel on her forehead, and a tylenol down her throat, and some eucalyptus salve rubbed on her, I called her Pediatrician, and they dispatched 911 for her difficulty breathing. We live 45 minutes away from a small town, so, I was relieved when the EMS arrived with O2 and an IV, it helped immensely. Our local volunteers were terrific, about 6 of them crowded into the bathroom. her heart was pounding away, her feet and hands were blue, she had tears and all. She received good care at the ER, and returned home a few hours later. Now I feel so guilty for not having anyCS, because I have known about CS, and have not made it prioirty to stock up on. i am working on it, but feel so badly. It was awful to see my child so distressed, so I have got to find some CS nebulizer ASAP. I feel, if I had gotten to work on ordering some CS myself, then I could have been treating her viral resp infection with CS, not just fluids, rest, prayer, and herbs... Paula I feeel such guilt over not getting he
