Flash-back Friday - Coming Home From the Hospital On Oxygen
Does anybody like using oxygen at home after your kids have been discharged from the hospital? I'm can't remember how many times my kids were discharged on oxygen, but it always made me nervous. Sometimes, hospitals can discharge an asthma patient if they seem to be doing well, but still need a little bit of oxygen. After a 3 day hospital stay, my kids are always happy to get back home in our own beds! I also worry about picking up infections in the hospital. I don't want my kids coming home from the hospital with any infection they didn't already have! By the end of the hospitalization, my kids are pretty hyper from the steroid IV. Once they get home, they're still a little crazy. They want to run around the house, but usually get to the end of the oxygen tubing and are yanked back like a dog who has reached the end of his chain. It's so sad! Sometimes my kids may need oxygen for a couple of days at home, but if they need oxygen for ...