At the hospital they tested him for RSV, took chest x-rays, did bloodwork, and ended up deciding that he had bronchialitis. They decided to admit him because he wasn't able to keep his oxygen levels up on his own. A respiratory therapist would come in 4 0r 5 times a day and do some deep suctioning on him which is just sticking a little tube really far up his nose and sucking the mucus out. They put him on oxygen and they also did a few nebulizer treatments hoping that they would help him breathe better.
He ended up staying for two days (Corey's sister and mom were lifesavers and kept Raylee for us), and then on Tuesday they told us it was up to us on whether we wanted to stay another night or go home. He still wasn't keeping his oxygen levels up so if we went home we would have to have a homecare company come and bring the equipment we would need to have him on oxygen at home. We decided to go home since we didn't know how long he would need to be on oxygen (they said it could be a couple days up to two weeks) and we were tired of being at the hospital. So right now Jackson is stuck to about a ten foot radius in our family room. He is hooked up to an air compressor which filters the oxygen out of regular room air, as well as a pulse oximeter which measures heart rate as well as oxygen saturation levels, and we also have a humidifier going as well. We also took him in to Mckay Dee's bronchialitis clinic a couple times just to get him suctioned out so he doesn't get too congested again. He is still on the oxygen (5 days after getting out of the hospital), but is doing so much better at keeping his levels up and I think he will be off it completely in a couple days!
I have felt so bad for Jackson through this whole thing and wish there was something I could do to help, but he has been an angel. He was never extra fussy, and always ate really well. I definitely learned my lesson the hard way on this one, but I am so happy he is getting better now!
