In September Rylee got really sick. It started out as a cold but they always start out that way for him. Because he has asthma the cold usually travels to his lungs and causes fever, coughing and difficult breathing. This particular time was pretty bad and we decided to take him in to the doctor. She didn't like what she was hearing and had us go to the hospital overnight for observation and to get an X-ray, looking for pneumonia. What they found was worse, he had a partial pneumothorax. He got it from coughing so hard that it put a small hole in his lung, leaking air into the plural cavity. That put pressure on his lung and it collapsed. He ended up staying 5 nights before he was finally sent home on oxygen.
This was a scary time for all of us but Rylee made the most of it. He flirted with the nurses, sang and played when they put the vest on him to break up the mucus, acted like a tough guy when they put the IV in, played a lot with the computer taking silly pictures and we went for a lot of walks!
This was a scary time for all of us but Rylee made the most of it. He flirted with the nurses, sang and played when they put the vest on him to break up the mucus, acted like a tough guy when they put the IV in, played a lot with the computer taking silly pictures and we went for a lot of walks!
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