Well, the sleep things will have to wait. The haircut happened- kinda. It's hard to trim a busy baby's head! It looks a little better, and maybe when we buzz the boys in the spring we will do his too. The sleep thing is having to wait because this little guy thought it would be oodles of fun to go and get himself a nice case of Bronchiolitis. So we started breathing treatments every six hours and then over the weekend he started running a fever. At his follow up today -he is worse. And he has an ear infection now too. So now we have bumped up the treatments to every four hours and added an antibiotic. If he doesn't sound any better by Wednesday then we will have to add an oral steroid in to the mix. All this is in hopes of keeping it from becoming RSV and trying to keep us OUT of the hospital.
Poor guy, he sounds like a barking seal when he coughs and his breathing sounds just groadie. My babies are always young their first winter but this is the first one I have had get anywhere near RSV. Braden lucked into qualifying for the Synagis vaccine- so we never had to worry about it for the first 2 winters. And in case you didn't catch that, YES there is a vaccine for RSV, only problem is that unless you have certain medical aliments you don't qualify. And even then it is a series of shots Oct- Apr at $1,100 bucks a pop. So, I guess poor Brenner will have to fight it out on his own. Poor guy. So odds are, if you call I either can't hear ya over the respirator, or the crying that accompanies the treatment. Or, my hands are just full with a super squishy cranky baby who needs all his Momma's love for a bit.
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Poor baby...at least he doesn't mind the treatments. Also, for no sleep you look really pretty in this picture :)
No, not fun at all! Hang in there!
Poor baby, I hope it gets better and he can stay out of the hospital.
And I agree with Robyn, you look awesome in that picture!
I'm so sorry that he's sick! I hope he's able to get better soon!
that seriously stinks! I used to have to do breathing treatments with Peyt and it was terrible. Nothing worse then putting your little one in a head lock.
First of all, I know how you feel with the no sleep thing. I never get it either. My three kids don't sleep either and it's constant through the night between the three of them. Spencer is awesome, when he's actually in town. Most of the time I'm a single mom pulling all nighters. And I'm sorry about the sickness. I remember when Forrest had RSV. He was two, an age that most kids aren't as suseptible, and yet his oxygen was down in the 60's even on the mask. We spent many days in the hospital just before Christmas, canceling a trip to Texas to be with Spencer's family. Even after he finally got released from the hospital, we still had to give him o2 and he was on the nebulizer for another two weeks. Not fun at all. None of my kids have luck as far as respitory goes. Neither do I. I blame that on the no sleep thing. I broke out in a horrible rash after taking a supplement that was suppose to help. Come to find out my body couldn't handle the release of the toxins since my immune system was so low. I wish you luck.
I am so sorry. No, that is no fun at all. I am all too familiar with this as Sage just went in for her 18 month check up with double ear infections and bronchiolitis. This is the 3rd time that has happened at a well check (she is unusually good even when sick). Anyway, good luck. Hope he gets feeling better real soon.
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