Renzo was Confined for Pneumonia!

Am so sorry to all my blogging friends ... it's been awhile since my last visit to you guys! I had a very difficult three weeks ... my son Renzo was sick and confined in the hospital. Now my eldest Izzo had upper respiratory infection also, my hubby did got sick and was not able to move for two days ... I promise to get back to your tags and my visits!

Remember sometime two weeks ago, I posted that my youngest son Renzo is down with a cold? Well, it was not just an ordinary cold but it turned out to be mild pneumonia. The ordinary cold progressed to a cough and eventually an early stage of pneumonia. Luckily his pedia insisted that we bring him to the hospital for confinement and further treatment 'coz it might progress to pneumonia. So, the pedia signed and gave us the admission order for hospital confinement and treatment - that was September 9. So, we went straight to the admitting office of The Medical City in Pasig, we gave the admission order and asked for a room to be reserved for Renzo and will come back at around 9 or 10pm since we still have to pack our things for the hospital. Would you believe that we are in the 36th on the waiting list? My God, I couldn't believe it at first ... but we really cannot do anything about it ... a lot of children are being confined for the same case (I blame our bad weather for this!). Anways, the admission officer told me to try calling first before going to the hospital to check if there is any room available to us already ... so I did call them literally every hour to check the room availability ... 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, 12mn ... we were packed and ready to go ... but no room yet!

Sept. 10 - Didn't really have the chance to sleep well, Renzo was really fussy, crying and wanted to be carried all the time. He doesn't want to be put down even while he's sleeping. Thank God for rocking chairs ... at least we can sit down while rocking him to sleep. Good thing that my hubby was there to replace me whenever I feel tired and sleepy. Called the hospital again ... 8am, 9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm ... OMG ... still at 17th slot! We were constantly communicating with Renzo's pedia, updating her with my son's condition. We were on nebulization round the clock ... finally, we decided to bring Renzo to the E.R. (emergency room) ... I have a feeling that his condition has really progressed ... so we went straight to The Medical City E.R. ... told the doctors there that we have requested for a room already but the hospital has not room available yet for us ... we need immediate medical treatment for Renzo ... ASAP! Luckily after almost one (1) hour of waiting in the E.R. ... we were given a room already! Thank God! So, antibiotics were given through IV ... nebulization every 8 hours, he was given steroids too ... and an xray were mild pneumonia was seen. I really thank God for not leaving us during these times ... if not for Him, Renzo's condition could've worsen to a full-blown pneumonia. God you are soooo Good!

Sept. 13, 7pm - we were discharged at last!