Friday at Riley...

Well on Friday while we were visiting with our developmental Ped doctor she felt Nicolas' breathing seemed labored due to his congestion. After hooking him up to an oximeter (that measures the oxygen carried by the hemoglobin) we found out it was a little low. It should be between 98 and 100...He was dipping between 88 and 92. Our doctor felt we needed to go to the Riley emergency room for further investigation...i.e blood work, chest x-ray, urine test, throat culture, etc. Well the doctors there felt that we needed to stay overnight for observation and breathing treatments. Once checked into a private room. The doctors informed me that this is viral so we should stop giving the antibiotic and the steroid that was prescribed on Wednesday. He does not have RSV or pneumonia...but it is in his chest...and because Nicolas has difficulty moving it around (coughing, sneezing, swallowing) it could get worse. Colds (whether his immune system is good or not) are not going to be easy on Nicolas ever...and should not be overlooked. Since his oxygen was a little low they warned me that he may have to be put on oxygen...and if he does that would buy us another night at Riley. Well it wasn't 20 minutes after they said that and he was put on oxygen. So Garrett and Jake stayed home Friday...they went bowling and caught a movie (Mall Cop). My friend Sara came to visit and we ended up ordering Chinese together before she went home...On Saturday Jake and Garrett packed their bags and headed down to Indy to visit and stay the night. We played Monopoly, watched Kung Fu Panda, and had dinner before they went to the hotel to go swimming. They closed the pool down at 11 p.m. Then this morning they brought me breakfast and I went swimming with Garrett. This morning Nicolas was taken off oxygen but at 2:30 we found out we are going to stay another night. He had a few oxygen dips so they want to observe him longer off the oxygen to determine that when we go home tomorrow whether or not he will need oxygen at home. At 9 am tomorrow morning we will know if he does or doesn't...Riley will set that up for us. As for Jake and Garrett they just took off to try and catch the Big 10 Championship game...Garrett is pretty excited because Purdue is in it. Then they will be back in time for dinner with me...After that they will head home. Our nurses have been wonderful and we're hangin in there. Looking forward to going home tomorrow...but this hasn't been unbearable...We just want our little Nicolas to get better.

Love Always,

Felisa