Tuesday night Danilo had an emergency. He started breathing really hard and could not catch his breath, he was scaring himself so it just made it worse. We rushed him down to the Health Center here in Pacasmayo where they put him on an oxygen mask. Everyone was pretty worried at this point because he just wouldn't calm down and he was starting to sweat from all the effort he was putting in to breath. The Health Center here in Pacasmayo decided he needed to go to Trujillo and this time they had the ambulance ready. So I rode in the back of the "ambulance" with Danilo, Maribel, and a nurse. They had him on an IV and oxygen. About halfway to Trujillo he fell asleep which actually helped the situation because he was getting more oxygen through his nose that way.
When we arrived to Trujillo he was calm and breathing a lot better but still a little labored. They took him off the oxygen and gave him some more medicine through his IV. They said that he had to stay over night to monitor him. So Maribel stayed in the room with him and I went to Mari Ester and Luis's house in Trujillo to spend the night. We got back to the hospital early in the morning and they took an x-ray of danilo's throat and lungs. They said everything looked fine and let us go at around 2:30 in the afternoon. We decided to go to a private doctor afterwards to get a second opinion. The Doctor said it was a croup spasm probably initiated by a foreign object that Danilo swallowed (very likely as Danilo puts anything and everything in his mouth). The Dr. gave him some anti-inflammatory liquid and some steroid pills.
Danilo is back 100% and causing more trouble today, so no need to worry about his health.
7 comments:
It looks like the ambulance has been upgraded from last time you needed one. I'm thankful that Danilo is ok and doing his usual stuff. The place wouldn't be the same without him there. Praise the lord
i agree with dad, that looks like an actual ambulance. glad he's ok. thanks for the update
It's a pickup truck with a camper shell... a cot on one side.
whew, I bet that was crazy, so glad he's okay!
oh it didn't look like that in the picture. so now I know why the " marks :)
Man he sure bounced back fast! I 'm glad he is doing ok and back to his normal self. ;)
What a roller coaster of events, poor little guy. Glad he's doing okay and that you survived the ambulance ride!
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