sunnylady303 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I am sitting here in the ER with DD8 who can. not. breathe. Can't get out a complete sentence. O2 stats are 93. But she is clamped down so tight that she isn't wheezing anymore and the RT who came in is all "she's moving good air." Teehee. No she really isn't. I wish they would train RT's that sometimes, when kids airways get tight enough, they stop wheezing. We have had this problem before with my other daughter. I'm not stupid. I know when my child isn't moving air. Plus you can ask her - she's 8. Then she does a peak flow - where my DD can't even move the needle and is all - "she isn't doing it right." She does this daily and always moves the needle. It isn't moving cause she can't breathe, not because she's doing it wrong. If I don't see a doctor - an intelligent, observant doctor - soon, I may scream. That is all. Just needed to spew my frustration somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I hate that carp! I hope you get someone with a brain soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 :grouphug: I hope you get some help soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Good glory I would be freaking out. I hope you get a good doctor for her. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Oh, ARGH! I sooooo feel for your dd and you!! :grouphug: I hope she is better soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Is she being treated despite the lack of brains? I would (and have) walk to the nurses station, demand treatment immediately. Who cares what anyone thinks. Sometimes that first treatment will open them up enough to produce noises unpleasant enough to be taken seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 WOW! I thought that breathing difficulty was a fast track to getting immediate attention. That's just crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 :grouphug: I'm so sorry- you're probably going to have to go all mama bear on them. How frustrating!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnylady303 Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 I can't help but get so angry when this happens. ' The doctor came in and isn't much better. But they are starting her on steroids and doing an hour long treatment. That's either going to fix her or open her up enough for them to hear the junk. I'm just so irate. I feel like I need to take them and say - look at her respiratory rate - crazy high - look at the retractions on her collarbone and her ribs, look at her flaring nostrils. Go read your medical textbooks because those are all signs of respiratory distress. My poor girl. She's so miserable and can't breathe and everyone is treating us like no big deal. Oh well. They'll start the treatment soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 :grouphug: How frustrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Hugs! That is so scary. I cannot believe how frustrating it is when docs are just not familiar with pediatrics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I'm so glad they're starting treatment now! One of my daughters has asthma like that. Not the typical wheezing, and she's not a complainer. Her words would become an effort to get out and her lips would turn blue. It's really scary. Fortunately she is older now and knows her symptoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 :grouphug: Hope she feels better soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I am sorry. I know this can be so frustrating. When my sister was three days old the doc. read some tests wrong and said she had epilepsy. He gave her phenobarbital. Anyways, she turned blue and stopped breathing. Mom ran and got a nurse. The nurse said my sister was fine. In order to get any help she had to go find a doctor and literally grab him by the arm and make him go see my sister. Thankfully he had the brains to realize she was having trouble breathing. They transferred my sister to a different hospital because her condition was too complicated for them to deal with. That hospital sent my sister home three days later. They told my mom she had a perfectly healthy baby girl. Nothing wrong with her. The medicine caused the breathing problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in SC Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I can't help but get so angry when this happens. ' The doctor came in and isn't much better. But they are starting her on steroids and doing an hour long treatment. That's either going to fix her or open her up enough for them to hear the junk. I'm just so irate. I feel like I need to take them and say - look at her respiratory rate - crazy high - look at the retractions on her collarbone and her ribs, look at her flaring nostrils. Go read your medical textbooks because those are all signs of respiratory distress. I was going to suggest that you point out respiratory rate and retractions (not because i thought you wouldn't/hadn't, but because sometimes certain medical personnel need to be hit with mallets), but I see that they're oblivious to obvious enormous red flags. That is so frustrating! I hope they see her distress, and the treatments provide her with relief! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Oh my goodness! You were worried a few days ago! I'm so sorry. I hope she breathes better soon. Big hugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 That's so awful. Glad you got them to start treatment. Based on my own experience, it sounds like they are finally taking the right action. I personally don't wheeze when I have asthma except right when I am coughing. And the peak flow does not show it either. But if a doctor catches me in a coughing fit, it is absolutely unambiguous that I am wheezing like crazy. Not too many medical people are aware of that particular pattern; even some doctors don't know about that because it is non-standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I am soooo sorry.:grouphug: I can sooo sympathize with you. I have been in an emergency room and had no attention because they are waiting for a car accident to arrive. The Holy Grail of the ER is the car accident. Nothing else matters to those people. Other people suffer horribly waiting for medical attention. I am just sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug: I hope your little one gets some relief soon! How frustrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 :grouphug:I hope she starts feeling better soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Balaban Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Hoping she is feeling better soon.... :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 ugh, so sorry. I've been to a doctor that actually suggested that since I wasn't wheezing, maybe my breathing issues were from my bra being too tight. Um...no dufus. It didn't all of a sudden shrink, and doesn't loosen when I use an inhaler for heavens sake. It's asthma. Just atypical asthma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Unacceptable! :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne115 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I am so sorry. I have been through something very similar. This very young ER doctor was going to send my daughter home without treatment. I almost lost it and demanded that she be treated immediately. My daughter very rarely wheezes either. I hope she feels much better now. It is hard enough without medical personnel that don't know what they are doing. Suzanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Hope it all worked out--Did her stats come up quickly? I don't know why the medical practitioners in this country seem to get such crappy training in asthma. We went thru several years of really poor diagnosing in TX. It's scary, to me, to feel I know more about a medical condition than my Dr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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