Feeling better

Austin seems to be feeling better today. Although...he didn't seem to wake up on the right side of the bed, but it seems to be working itself out of his system.

I had to take him to the doctor on Saturday morning because he had a fever and couldn't hardly breathe, not to mention getting up every hour throughout the night for no apparent reason. After going to the doctors office, having a breathing treatment, finding out he had a double ear infection and having his nose swabbed for a couple of tests, I had to take him to the hospital to turn the tests into the lab and get a chest x-ray. They tested him for the flu and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). The RSV came back positive but his x-ray looked ok, not pneumonia yet. Therefore, he had a nebulizer (breathing treatment machine) delivered to the house Saturday afternoon to do every 4 hours and they put him on amoxicillion. He was pretty lethargic on Saturday, only wanting to snuggle and sleep, but Sunday he got up and walked around and played a little. I think he over estimated how he really felt because yesterday he pretty much slept the whole day away.

I took him back to the doctor yesterday for a recheck and things hadn't changed. I'm sure the breathing treatments are helping but it was hard to tell because he saw a different doctor than he did on Saturday. They gave him an antibiotic injection in each of his little legs to help clear the ear infections up quicker. The amoxicillion wasn't quite strong enough and doing it's job I guess! So we came home and got caught up on the sleep we've been losing!

He seems to be feeling better! He's playing this morning and actually ate something for breakfast. He hasn't hardly eaten anything since last Thursday besides a few cheerios here and there and some popsicles. He's been on a liquid diet I guess! He really seems to like the Gerber Liquidlites. Same thing as pedialite, but smells a lot nicer! I have to take him back to the doctor for another recheck next Monday unless his cough is still pretty bad tomorrow. He doesn't seem to be coughing that much anymore, his nose is just draining all of that nasty yellowish/green mucus! GROSS! I'll keep everyone updated!

Andi