Hoping to retun to a little bit of normal this week....

Update: Miles is breathing great, but the antibiotics he's on are doing some damage.....
He has his worst diaper rash to date, 5-6 loose BM's daily, eats little to nothing, and he vomits the contents of his stomach on occassion. Last night, about 1 am, Miles coated himself and every blanket, stuffed animal, and pillow with mac'n'cheese etc. I'll spare the remaining details for the weak stomached! Nate took Miles and I took care of the rest. Within 20 minutes, we had the bed switched over, Miles changed and asleep, and load #1 in the washer! We are a great team!!!

Today, we deprived Miles of dairy and things are looking up. I'm now working on clean up and prep to go back to work/daycare tomorrow. Tuesday is Miles' 15 mo check up, so I hope to get his meds changed-we cannot do 5 more days of this!!

Tonight's bathtime was a vocal one!! I missed each opportunity to record the quality babble notes!! So sorry...
Can I offer this sassy pose instead?



However, in a desperate attempt to redeem myself, I was able to capture this video!
Backgroud: Miles' best friend is the boy in the mirror that he talks to after each bath and diaper change. "Boy in mirror" must have done something wrong- Miles is dishing out quite an extensive lecture, complete with hand gestures!!

Enjoy!

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Contagious continued

The day after our night in the ER, Miles and I found ourselves at home. In order to return to daycare, he needed to be on antibiotics for at least 24 hours.

He was doing A LOT better. I was on top of the breathing treatments all night long. He looked like he as feeling pretty good. He was drinking very well again, but still wasn't very interested in food. We took naps together, played with his new Christmas toys and watched the movie "Cars!". I love that movie!

Miles watched most of it-it's just really hard to hold his attention!



Yes- the sick little guy still uses his pacifier. I feel bad taking it away when he's sick.....

Dancing with the movie.....

We ended the day, as usual, with a super bubbly bath



Soooo tired! Good night!

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Hope this blog isn't contagious

The illness on the family started with Miles. Over a few days, his low grade fever and runny nose progressed to a weak wheeze and a cough, which further progressed to a high fever and a huge struggle to breath.

We woke up Tuesday morning and got completely ready for work and daycare. We noticed then just how bad Miles' breathing was. He definitely wasn't acting like himself..

I changed my clothes again-I was now going to be spending the day at home. I made an appointment with his pediatrician for the afternoon. She confirmed my fear. Miles' breathing was THAT bad. He was using his stomach, rib, and neck muscles to get air. His oxygen saturation was really low as well. We nebulized Miles twice in the office, but the doctor didn't see much improvement.

She said that she needed us to go to the ER... I asked for other options, but she told me that she wouldn't be comfortable with any other option... To the ER we went :(
I called Nate to give him the bad news and then drive to the train station to pick Nate up since he was only a few stops away.

We checked into the ER and Miles had a 102.9 temp. We undressed him so the doctors and nurses could get his vitals. I actually think Miles enjoyed all of the attention for a while!




When the blood draws, x-rays, drug administration, and breathing treatments started, so did his attitude. He got whiny and crabby at the sight of anyone in scrubs. I don't really blame home though- the nurse drawing his blood admittedly struggled with the task. His arm has a bruise to prove it.




After most of the poking and priding was over, we were happy to finally get Miles to drink something.




Miles slept for about an hour once the drugs started to work...
The diagnosis: pneumonia
They really wanted us to spend the night to monitor Miles' breathing and to keep up with his nebulizer treatments. I assured them I owned a nebulizer due to Miles' bad breathing history. They let us go - we were all crabby and tired after 6 hours in the ER... But this was just the beginning. We needed to keep the little guy hydrated, try to get him to eat anything, and nebulized him every 3-4 hours all night long....
Get better, Miles buddy!

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