Just In Time

This past weekend I was able to get away for some fun and scrapbooking in WI with some friends. We had an amazing time and I "caught up" on James' scrapbook. Sunday evening I got home at 6 and James was breathing a little harder than normal. When an allbuterol nebulizer didn't seem to do much to help him I took him to the ER. I was a little apprehensive because we haven't been to the ER or Children's Hospital here in Fargo yet. The staff was amazing. Even though the ER was jam packed with people we were in a room in 5 mins, saw a doctor 5 mins later and had a Respiratory therapist giving a nebulizer 5 mins later. Within an hour James was in his room in PICU with his I'VE in place and put on BiPap. BiPap is similar to CPap and is used to help keep his airway open and move air a little better. We think it was an asthma attack but they're still giving antibiotics as a precaution. He's on a continuous nebulizer of allbuterol and getting steroids through his IV. For now the plan is to slowly wean off the allbuterol and see how he does with that. They tried being off the BiPap around 2 am and he didn't do well.
Surgery for tubes and adenoids was planned for tomorrow but now the plan is to hopefully do it right before he's discharged.
It seems I got home just in time and James to the ER just in time to avoid the ventilator.