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Getting in the
Ambulance at Dr. St. Martins |
On January 28th, My daycare called Mommy and said that my cough that I had on Sunday and Monday night had gotten much worse, so mommy came and got me. On the way to pick me up she made me an appointment to see Dr. St. Martin, but he couldn't see me til 6:00 pm. Mommy picked me u, took me home and I took a long nap. When I woke up I was really really really upset, Mommy couldn't calm me down, I was crying and crying and I really was having a hard time breathing so we rushed to Dr. St. Martins office. When we got into the Doctors office Mommy asked the head nurse to call and ambulance and asked the other nurse to get Dr. St. Martin because I was just having a really tough time breathing. The nurses did call the ambulance and we were taken in the back offices where a whole slew of nurses came in to check me out. Dr. St. Martin came in and looked me over as well. At the time, he thought maybe one of my lungs was experiencing some blockage somewhere....Mommy was scared but stayed calm and "pressed on" (inside story). The ambulance came and immediately gave me a breathing treatment. The breathing treatment released the pressure on my chest and I right calmed down. The ambulance took us to Citrus Memorial. I was so brave, I didn't cry one bit. Mommy and the Medic gave me two more breathing treatments on the way to the hospital and I was really starting to do better. Once we got to the Emergency Room the nurses were all over me again (because I am so cute of course). They gave me an IV, They gave me a shot of Steroids and admitted me to the hospital. Daddy came in and sat with Mommy and me in the Emergency Room for awhile too. We got settled into our room. The Emergency Doctor said I had pneumonia, Dr. St. Martin said I had double pneumonia. Not sure how they get two different diagnosis from one exray, but ok. Anyway we stayed in the hospital Tuesday, Wednesday and most of Thursday. Mommy and me made the most of it. We ran up and down the halls, worked our way into the Physical Therapy Unit and of course we made our way to the OB section to see all those nurses that helped bring me into this crazy world. It wasn't any fun. But because of all the prayers and blessings from our family and friends, I was able to go home one day early. Two days later I am back to my normal run around crazy self. The Doctor said that pneumonia's incubation period is 3 to 4 days, we are not sure how or why it progressed so quickly. We think maybe I have really bad allergies. In any case it was kinda scary, but I was brave through the entire experience. I am Cooper the Trooper :)
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| Ambulance bound |
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| Another day wandering the hallways |
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| We took over the Pediatric Center Red Wagon |
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Trying to produce Nap time
with the Bear and Balloon sent
from Brooke and Brayden |
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| Mush Mommy Mush |
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| Playing in our room |
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| Enter my room at your own risk! LOL |
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| Made friends with the Physical Therapy Unit |
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| Physical Therapy has all the toys |
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| Made friends with the emergency unit from Shands |
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| Quiet moment watching TV |
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| Returning the ball to P.T. |
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| Resting with Mommy |
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| Making time pass playing with Mommys computer |
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All Smiles waiting for my antibiotics
to finish through my IV |
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Day 3, mommy's lookin a little frazzled
Me, I'm getting better |
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| Going home soon, smiles abundant now |
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| Going home and taking my bear and balloon with me |
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| Home in my room! |
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| Home on my blocks |
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| My toys are so much better than their toys |
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| Brush those teeth! |
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| Brush Brush Brush |
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