Rough night

[TommysMommy]

I almost called 911 last night. I have never seen Tommy struggle to breathe like he did last night. I kept hearing him cough off and on all night, but around 5 this morning, I heard him barking and wheezing. I picked him up and his teeth were bared, huge retractions, and barking deep down in his lungs. He looked so scared.

I gave him his Xopenex inhaler and started CPT. When he didn't get anything up, I ran him to the bathroom and turned on the hot water in the tub and sat on the floor pounding his chest and back. I realized he was panicked and trying to breathe through his little pinhole of a stoma. Once he started to relax, he started nose breathing again.

He's still a little junky today, having his moments of fear to cough up his secretions through his mouth. I notice he gets like this when he's tired. I just have to keep him relaxed. If he keeps this up, I may need to call his doctors for advice. He's fine any other time, but sleepy time and can't move his secretions is really upsetting him.