Unbelievable! They're 16 months old!!!
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Go Pats!!!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
A Tale of 2 Sickies
OY! Dave did a great job with that last update while I was in lock-up without wi-fi at LGH.
The good news is Ben is home!!!! and so am I!!!
The bad news is...Nate is also RSV positive and has an ear infection...Because he was put on antibiotics for the ear infection, the DR didn't feel it was necessary to do a chest x-ray for pneumonia.
Sam wasn't tested for RSV but seems to be the least affected of the 3. All 3 are on nebulizer treatments about a million times per day. They gave Ben an inhaler too which is making things a bit easier.
I'll do a post with pictures once things get settled...HA!!!
The good news is Ben is home!!!! and so am I!!!
The bad news is...Nate is also RSV positive and has an ear infection...Because he was put on antibiotics for the ear infection, the DR didn't feel it was necessary to do a chest x-ray for pneumonia.
Sam wasn't tested for RSV but seems to be the least affected of the 3. All 3 are on nebulizer treatments about a million times per day. They gave Ben an inhaler too which is making things a bit easier.
I'll do a post with pictures once things get settled...HA!!!
Monday, January 9, 2012
RSV AND Pneumonia!
As usual, it is tough to tell if Ben is just being his normal stubborn self, or if he's actually sick. This week-end was no different. Ben kept us up both Friday and Saturday nights, waking up periodically coughing and screeming. Both of his brothers had had a cold, so we thought it was his turn, and that he was over-reacting. This appeared to be the case until Sunday, when he sounded waaaay more congested than his brothers had. So, as with past colds, we started the albuterol and steroid treatments via nebulizer. Also, as is our typical precaution when we start these treatments, we called the Dr. and scheduled an appointment for Monday morning. After 3 treatments Sunday afternoon, Renee made the executive decision that if he looked / sounded this bad in the middle of the night, we would do another albuerol treatment. That time came around 3:30am, and Dave brought him downstairs for the treatment.
Ben's appt. was at 8:00am, and he and Dave were the first ones in the place. He looked great, and had a great demeanor, but he sounded like crap, and the nurse knew it. So did the Dr. 3 albuterol treatments, 2 hours, and 1 oral steroid later, the Dr. had him admitted to the hospital. Between treatments 2 and 3, it was obvious that he was retracting. Dave called Renee and she met them in his hospital room as the on-call Dr. and nurse were doing the interview. They took samples of his mucus to check for RSV and pneumonia. Then Dave got his chance to experience the torture of assisting Ben with a chest x-ray.
Around 2:15 the lab was in for the RSV. Positive. Great. Guess the synagis wasn't enough this time. Less that half an hour later the lab came back for the pneumonia. Positive. What?!? Double whammy?!? Yup. Next is an overnight stay and bloodwork to determine if it is bacterial or viral.
Dave called the Dr. to see if he should have Nate and Sam tested. "Only if they have fevers, are coughing, and have runny noses."
Check, check, and check. Their appointment is at 9:15 on Tuesday.
Did I mention they DIDN'T qualify for synagis this year?
Ben's appt. was at 8:00am, and he and Dave were the first ones in the place. He looked great, and had a great demeanor, but he sounded like crap, and the nurse knew it. So did the Dr. 3 albuterol treatments, 2 hours, and 1 oral steroid later, the Dr. had him admitted to the hospital. Between treatments 2 and 3, it was obvious that he was retracting. Dave called Renee and she met them in his hospital room as the on-call Dr. and nurse were doing the interview. They took samples of his mucus to check for RSV and pneumonia. Then Dave got his chance to experience the torture of assisting Ben with a chest x-ray.
Around 2:15 the lab was in for the RSV. Positive. Great. Guess the synagis wasn't enough this time. Less that half an hour later the lab came back for the pneumonia. Positive. What?!? Double whammy?!? Yup. Next is an overnight stay and bloodwork to determine if it is bacterial or viral.
Dave called the Dr. to see if he should have Nate and Sam tested. "Only if they have fevers, are coughing, and have runny noses."
Check, check, and check. Their appointment is at 9:15 on Tuesday.
Did I mention they DIDN'T qualify for synagis this year?
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Look who's walking now...
Sunday, January 1, 2012
A Look Back at 2011
All pictures are
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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October and November are stuck on our misbehaving laptop in cyber land...
December
They've gone from little babies to big boys! What a year! It was crazy from start to finish, but I wouldn't change a thing! Bring it on 2012!!!
Vacation Week Fun
We had an open day in our vacation week schedule so we decided to visit Dave at work. He's got a great little museum close by so we killed some time there before we went to lunch.
It was a little over the babies' heads, but they did enjoy playing with (read: eating) the gears.
They also have a giant Millyard made out of Legos. Seriously. There's even a canal. And a ferris wheel. And a parade. It's nuts. AND Dave is a Lego nut so he drooled a bit (hence all the pix).
Then after lunch, we went to visit Dave at work. They boys had a blast meeting all of his friends and tearing apart his office...
Not too many pix of Sammy because he kept running off to visit other areas of the office.
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