SICK!

I may be sick but I still wanna be a big boy! Holding my bottle all by myself.

Smoking my "peace pipe" as Grandpa Van Wyk would have said!

Doing my breathing treatments.

Discussing with dad what Im gonna be when I grow up!

We got the dreaded RSV at our house. It started with a cough on Friday and by Sunday Merrick was having breathing issues. We had to take him to a walk in clinic first thing on Sunday because he was wheezing and retracting. For those of you not sure of wheezing and retracting they are some of the first signs of respiratory distress. He did have RSV and was sent home on steroids and a breathing treatment. He had a pretty rough day yesterday. After we finally got home he took a bottle and I gave him a little bit of the steroid which came flying back at me. The steroid made his tummy very upset and he was unable to finish his recommended dose. I called the on-call dr at our office and she said to not give it to him if he was going to get sick. We didnt want him to start getting dehydrated ontop of breathing issues. Last night I slept in his room on the floor and around 2am the dreaded wheeze came back. We did the treatment and sat in a steamy bathroom for 40 mins and 90 mins later another treatment to get him to breath normally. (The treatments are suppose to be 4hrs apart) This AM he seemed to be doing better breathing wise but was not interested in eating. This afternoon his appetite has picked back up and his breathing is still doing well. Thank goodness. His spirits have never been less than the best! He's an amazing baby which we are so thankful for. Please keep us in your prayers that we continue to make progress.