Nicky's First Cold!!

Nicky got his first cold and a whole lots of first times last weekend. Along with all 5 other kids in Grandma's day care caught the cold, Nicky was no exception and showed signs of having a cold on Thursday (sneezing and a runny nose)but the cold didn't seem to bother Nicky at all except the fact now Grandma keeps on wiping his nose. By Friday he has a light fever and a cough that's accompany by a wheezy breathing sound. Called the advice nurse after we got home from a nice dinner in fisherman's wharf (how dare these parents!!!) And to my surprise, the nurse asks us to go to emergency room or get a doctor appointment next day. We chose to go to Nicky's first ER and headed down to Redwood City Kaiser ER. And that was mistake number 1. After the nurse did a brief check up on Nicky, making sure he has enough oxygen in his blood. We were left to hang in the packed waiting room.
THREE!! I MEAN THREE HOURS of wait and no one in the waiting room got in for treatments. And there were babies and kids that were stripped down with only a blanket wrapped around them (I think they have high fever) and they waited longer than us. Alex slept on the benches while I held on to Nicky who sounded asleep. Finally by 1am-ish, I decided that it's better off that we all get some good rest and attack what seems to be non-life threatening wheezing that Nicky has the next morning. So we left ER.
So for the next two days, we visited Redwood City Kaiser's pediatrics, which we must say was a far better experience. The staffs were all very knowledgeable and polite. Everything was done efficiently & we didn't have to wait. Dr. Klus and Dr. Ho were excellent doctors and patiently explained everything to us. We were very grateful. It turns out Nicky got Bronchiolitis, where the cold virus infected his lung passageway and cause it to swollen, making it hard for Nicky to breath. Did two days of the "mist treatment" that Nicky hated in every single way. Now he's on the inhaler for the rest of the week and getting better everyday.