Wheeze, wheeze go away...

So I pick little one up from Pre-School yesterday set to have a fun mommy and me evening at Kindermusik. As I walk in, she has an apple and some nuts in front of her and she is having a coughing fit. The teacher said that she just choked a bit on a piece of apple. She gave me my normal big hug and I noticed she seemed to be breathing a bit hard. Anyway, off we go.

As I am driving along, I start hearing her panting more and more. I pull over and look closely at her. She does not seem to be turning blue but she does seem to be wheezing. I gave her some water and we waited for a bit...and she seemed to be breathing easier. So off we go to Kindermusik. As we start singing songs and moving about, she starts coughing and wheezing again. She is not acting distressed or turning blue but just really wheezy. I have three choices - hospital, home or impose on a friend, who happens to be little ones pediatrician. I chose three and she was gracious enough to invite me to come over to her house. She gave little one the once over, gave us some breathing treatments for the evening and then set us up for an appt the next day.

Little one was up and down the entire night. This morning, she seemed to be breathing much better but her nose seemed to be running a little...so thought this was just the start of a cold. By the time of her appt this afternoon, the wheezing was back. When they took her oxygen level at the drs office, it was only 93% (99-100 is best) and respiration rate well over 40, nearing 50. After a few breathing treatments, a couple of hours at the office, little ones oxygen level was 99%. Whew! As a precaution, the doc did send us over to the hospital for a chest exam. As she has not been running any fever, they don't seem all that worried...but...I have to say, I am a basket case. (I am a tough old broad, as many will attest to....but when little one is hurting, I become wilted lettuce.)

We did a breathing treatment just before bed. It has now been 2.5 hours and so far, she is sleeping. If she wakes up, we will give her another treatment. Hopefully, the X-ray will show all is normal with her lungs and these treatments (along with some steroids) will do the trick.