February 2010

February was quite the month for us and for Jaxon. On the 8th, we took Jaxon to Daycare and about 1 hour later they told us to come and pick him up because he was coughing and he was running a fever. When we picked him up they said that we should take him to the doctor because RSV was going around at the daycare, so we did...and in fact he did have RSV (which is a respiratory infection that has spread down into the lungs). They started him on a nebulizer in the office and then gave us one to take home and we had to give him treatments every four hours (even waking him up at night to do it) He really didn't like these treatments, so it took both us to do it. One to hold him with the wand right by his mouth and the other person to "entertain" him so that he didn't scream for the entire 15 minutes! We went back to the doctor the next day and he really wasn't getting much better, so Thursday - we were back at the doctor for another check up (hoping they wouldn't admit him to the hospital because that was the next step if he wasn't improving). But, he wasn't getting any worse (not any better, but not any worse) so they said we could keep him home, continuing treatments every 4 hours until Sunday, then tapering off to every six hours for the entire next week. So, Tuesday - back to the doctor and he was doing better (thankfully!) so the treatments continued until Saturday the 20th and then we were done with them! Just this week he started really feeling better and is back to his old self again and full of personality. During this wonderful sickness, he also got his first two teeth (the bottom two front teeth) he looks so cute with them. He can't stop chewing on his finger, it looks like he is thinking "what is this in my mouth - and how did it get there?" I'll try to capture a picture of him smiling with his teeth showing soon! Anyway, that was pretty much all we did in February is take care of our little sick boy - we are so happy his is feeling better and our lives are getting back into our normal routine (and mom and dad are getting some sleep too)!

Through all of this, we decided that he has just gotten too sick in daycare, so we are going to be keeping him at home and hiring a nanny to come and take care of him. We are so lucky that one of our good friends was able to quit her job and come and work for us Monday - Friday taking care of Jaxon - he and she will have a great time I'm sure, and we will be so thankful for him to be home, comfortable and healthy!!! :-)