Justin illness.

Justin woke up one night not able to breathe.  He was taken to the ER, where they though he had an ear infection.  So we came at 3am and then the next morning he woke up struggling again.  So we went to the pediatrician.  They gave he some steroids and he was soo much better.  The next morning he woke up breathing very bad.  We called the pediatrician and she said get him to the closest ER.  After Justin quit breathing in the ER.  They decided we should go elsewhere.  So we ended up at blank.  Justin and I rode in the ambulance.  Once we got there we spend a few hours in the ER.  They gave him breathing treatments and more steroids.  Well he did good for the couple hours but then started going down hill.  So we were admitted to the hospital on the Peds floor.  So very early the next morning he was becoming very wore out not able to breathe.  They moves him to the peds ICU.  Once we arrived there.  He quit breathing again.  After he was stable they looked down his throat to check for blockages and the started him on Helium and oxygen.   That help for awhile.  Jeremy and I thought Justin was getting better.  He was all of sudden working way to hard to breathe.  So then we all of sudden had about 15 people in his room and they were going to put him on the ventilator.  When they put him on the vent they check  down his throat again.  He airway was swelling such due to an infection.  They told us he  has tracheaitis ( which is a very freak thing to get), that was causing all the problems.  After 5 days on the vent they did another scoop down his throat and everything looked much better.  So they started weaning him off the vent.  They told us this  could take anywhere from 2-8 days.  Well not with Justin he was off in 4 hours.  He was completely off oxygen in less than 24 hours.  Thanksgiving morning the Dr.s came in and said if you feel comfortable taking him home he can go.  He just need to rest and he will do that better at home!!  I will have to say I have seen all 3 of my kids on a vent, but seeing Justin on it was the hardest.  Very hard to watch your child lay there for 5 days and not move or talk.  We are very thankful he is all better.  We have been told by the PICU Dr.'s and our pediatricians that we are very lucky to have Justin.  They said things could have easily ended up differently.