Another cold, another hospitalization. What am I going to do with him!! It seems like a routine for him. A cold, pneumonia, right upper lung collapse, emergency, transport to Calgary ICU. Three weeks this time, requiring intubation. Maybe I didnt' catch it soon enough this time, but he was struggling to breath, so they intubated him in Red Deer, for a safer transport to Calgary. After a few days, we thought he might be able to extubate him. The thing with SMA kids is that once they are intubated, there is always a chance that they won't be able to be extubate. So a sooner extubation is always better, so long as he's ready. He wasn't. After being extubated for half a day, they had to reintubate. After another week of treatments every 4 hours again through the night, there was a second try at extubation. He did great!!! His lungs cleared up and we were on our way home after three weeks.
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