Anthony's hospital stay for a cold and how apples make everything better

Shortly after visiting the cardiologist, like the next day!, Anthony started getting really sick with a cold again.

I wanted to go watch Maggie run for XC in Leavenworth.

When we got to Cashmere, Anthony's oxygen started decreasing, and by the time we got to Leavenworth, it was too low to stay.

We turned around and went back home.

While his oxygen was low, Anthony slept, but when we got back to lower elevations, he woke right up.

Wenatchee area is about 700

Cashmere is 791

Leavenworth is 1166

He had a hard time keeping oxygen at a good level.

When he had a fever, Anthony's heart rate went through the roof, and his oxygen went down.

 Lilly is really good at tucking Anthony in with ALL of his blankets and pillows.

 Anthony had his first Albuterol treatment and loved it!

After several more though, both of us were tired of them.

It takes too long, but is necessary for him.

 Anthony ended up in the hospital for 3 days with his cold.

ER people thought I was over-worried, I think.

When Anthony fell asleep and his oxygen sats plummeted (amount of oxygen saturation in your body), they started jumping, turned the oxygen on, and got things going!

I always bring entertainment for A when we go in.

Otherwise, he'd be climbing the walls.

 I think this was more albuterol.

 2nd or 3rd day in the hospital

He was fine during the day.  It was just at night that he needed oxygen  help.

When we finally got to go home, we went with a prescription for home oxygen for when it's needed.

 When he starts to feel better, Anthony loves the huge pepperonies on the hospital pizzas.

 Back at home, doing therapy with Claudia.

Anthony was using plastic tweezers to put these bones in the dog's mouth.

 Coloring on the door with chalk...

 ...and then cleaning it up afterwards.

 We were blessed to be able to go pick as many apples as we could from a local orchard.

They had a LOT of apples that were going to just go to waste since the local warehouses only needed a small percentage from the orchard.

We filled up the back of our van, and later helped friends pick some too.