Prayers for Aidan Please (not a joke)

Josh and I had to take Aidan to the hospital last night. He has a horrible cold with a post-nasal drip that makes him cough like crazy all the time. When he coughs after he eats, they're so violent he throws everything he just ate back up. Since Monday night, he's only kept down about 4oz. The hospital sent us home saying they couldn't find anything physically wrong (aside from the cold). I am to keep trying to give him food like normal (just did, he only took 4.5oz. and threw up at least 1-2 of it so far), try giving him PediaLite by medicine dropper to keep him hydrated and just wait it out.

I'm so frustrated. I know there's no cure for the cold but I just keep thinking there must be something more THEY can to. He has barely slept in two days because he's been coughing, he has barely eaten. I'd almost feel better if they sedated him and gave him an IV or something! I don't know. I just hate seeing him like this.

If you could please spare some prayers for Aidan, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm worried sick for my little boy.

Have you tried a vaporizer in his room with a little vicks in it, it helps break up the phlem and helps them sleep. Good luck Joann

Hope Aidan feels better soon. Unfortunately, there isnt allot that can be down for the common cold. It's especially hard on wee little ones because dr's hestiate giving medications out for babies. I'd get a vaporizor which will help him breath better. One good thing about throwing up is he is more likely getting rid of the mucus from the cold.

Poor Aidan, he'll be in our prayers.

My thoughts and prayers are coming at you guys. Please get better little guy! :(

Awww! There is nothing worse than a sick baby (human or animal). As long as he is keeping some of what he eats down I think he will be OK. Poor baby, I have sent a prayer up that he get well soon...

Aw, that's hard as an adult to deal with, I can't imagine as a little baby. :(

Poor Aidan! Colds and fevers with no visible cause are the worse. There's not much you can do but make them as comfortable as possible and wait it out. Prayers going up for Aidan and for you and Josh!

Awww poor little man, I hope he feels much better soon

If Katie ever coughed like this I used to sit in the bathroom with her, shut the door and windows and put the shower on as hot as possible so she could breathe in the steam

Anytime Mimi gets congested, I use the Vicks baby-rub on her constantly. Reapplied with every diaper change. It really seems to help, especially overnight.

But she's never coughed as hard as poor Aidan seems to be.

Hugs to you both and good thoughts to feel better soon.

Poor guy :( He will definatley be in our prayers!

Poor baby and poor you! You guys are in my prayers. Have you tried the sit-in-the-bathroom/steamroom with the hot water running trick? Seems like I spent many a night like that until my lungs cleared enough to get some sleep.

Not a fun time. Have you elevated one end of his crib? I did that with Jonah one time. It seemed to slightly help.

I wouldn't get **too** concerned with the loss of appetite. As long as he takes in some fluids, he should be okay. Also, Jonah hated the pedialyte. BUT, the gatorade? That was a winner. I gave him that diluted. Pedialyte is gross.

Our doctor said he didn't care for PediaLyte, so he suggested Liquilytes from Gerber. I'll try them in a little while.

Oh, poor baby! Sending prayers and good thoughts....

poor Aidan, adn poor you i imagine how yu must feel........but we have our minds on good thoughts your way for everything to get better......i think the vaporizer its a great idea with the vicks, adn just keep him hydrated and lots of sleep he´ll be better in no time..........(((hugs)))

Poor boy... He will be in my prayers (((hugs)))

Here come the gray hairs for you Samantha Puppy. Babies will do that to us moms! Your doctor is giving you good advice as far as just worrying about keeping him hydrated for now. About 2 1/2 years ago my grandson caught the horrible stomach virus that ran through our entire family and extended family. It was everywhere here in NJ it seemed! He couldn't keep anything down - not even simple water. His eyes were literally shrunken in and I was frightened beyond words. The doctor just suggested an ounce of water every 15 minutes or so. If that didn't work he would have needed to be hospitalized. It did work and eventually the bug passed. Tiny bits of liquid are important. Food will come later but keeping him hydrated is most important. Poor little guy. Prayers for Aiden from the entire PT family going up!

Oh, poor little guy! I remember when my kids got colds like that, they are so miserable and you feel so helpless. You both will be in my thoughts. (((Hugs)))

*hugs*! :( Lots of good vibes and thoughts going your way!

Poor baby Aidan, please feel better soon!

Kirsten

Poor little Aiden. Prayers for him and (((hugs))) to you. It's probably a good thing that the hospital isn't too concerned. He'll be ok :)

I'm sorry to hear your little guy is feeling so bad:(

Of course I'll be saying a prayer.

Thanks everyone. Aidan seems to be feeling better, though you can tell he's still not himself. He was able to keep 5 oz. of lunch and 5 oz. of dinner down so far. I'll probably feed him one more time before putting him down for the night. Hopefully that'll stay down too.

Unfortunately, tomorrow isn't going to start off too great for our boy. He had to have 7 viles of blood drawn on Monday morning and it was very difficult for the techs to find a vein (we actually tried to have it done last Friday but they couldn't find anything and sent us home, telling us to come back Monday). I was hoping that was the end of getting blood drawn for quite awhile, but some levels dealing with his thyroid came back elevated and doctors will not diagnose hyperthyroidism until a second test is done. So off to the lab we go first thing tomorrow, which means he'll be in hysterics for God only knows how long tomorrow. :(

I wish it were me. i wish they could take it from me and just leave my baby alone.

Oh poor Aiden your update puts tears in my eyes, you must feel horrible. I will keep him in my thoughts tomorrow :(

(((((HUGS))))) :( My thought and prayers are still with you all.

Poor baby Aiden and you. I will be thinking of you both this morning. Give Aiden some extra hugs from me. I hope he continues to keep his food down, and that everything goes well this morning.

We're back from the vampire (the lab). Aidan did very well!! The lab tech found a vein in the first arm on the first try and got a good amount of blood out of it, but then lost it so she had to try the other arm. She had to dig around for a vein in that one, but once she found it she got what she needed and more. (I just wish they could take out more and save it for future use!)

So we're back home and my baby boy is upstairs asleep in the crib. His once-dry cough is not anymore. When he coughs, you can hear it rattle in his lungs. He sometimes coughs and gets some phlegm up (I think) but since he doesn't know any better, he swallows it and looks at me crying and says "Gaaaaah!" (I think I say the same thing when I cough up phlegm!) Before naptime, I rubbed more Vick's Baby Rub on his chest and turned the Vaporizer on, as well as propped him up, so he should be good to go.

Crappy thing now is that I have his cold. I took medicine last night and I don't know if it was because of that, or if it's just a side effect of this cold, but I could barely sleep last night. I was up at least once an hour. I was hot, I was cold, I was hot, I was cold. It sucks! Aidan slept from 9:30 last night to 6:15 this morning, which was a Godsend after Tuesday night, and I couldn't take advantage of it!! Oh well, the most important thing is that HE starts to feel better.

Hope you both get well soon :(

I hope both of you are feeling much better very soon.