Latest on Liam

Hi Everyone! I just wanted to give a quick update on how Liam is...the good news is that he didn't have another ear infection! Unfortunately, he was running fevers and the doctor checked him for strep....the rapid swab came back negative, but given his symptoms and fever the doctor started him on amoxicillin. Luckily, whatever it was that he had was treated with the antibiotics, thank goodness since his Tmax was 103.8! The little man was pretty miserable for a few days, but now fevers are gone and he is back to daycare. His first day of speech therapy was supposed to be 2/25, but we had to postpone, so more on that to come later. As far as his physical therapy is concerned, Liam is going to be monitored on a monthly basis for now, which we are thrilled with! Even better, Dr. V. agreed to trial Liam on Zyrtec since we won't be able to get to the allergist until 4/7, we think we may even have noticed a little bit of improvement already with less runny noses etc. On the other hand, Liam's asthma has been acting up over the last few days....it felt like once his fever came down....his wheezing acted up- or vice versa! I always listen to his lungs myself now to be sure, which originally I vowed never to do! I originally had a ton of mixed feelings regarding weather my background as a nurse ultimately affected how everything turned out with Liam's birth.....was I over or underdiagnosing myself, was I trying not to act like the "crazy patient?"....was I trying to steer my own healthcare and made bad decisions? I could go round and round for hours.....so when Liam came home and then had trouble breathing I decided to just be a mom and not get out the stethoscope, I had never listened to little baby lungs anyway right? Well.... this feeling SOON wore off as every doctor would say something different and every time we went to the ER we were given different information. I remember one time when we were sent home from the ER I even called ABC's triage nurse (on the weekend) and told her what happened with our visit to the ER, and how Liam looked to me, and then I even held the phone up to him so she could hear how loud and fast he was breathing and how terrible it sounded! She agreed with me that we shouldn't have been sent home too- we were getting mixed directions about how much albuterol to give etc. Then, I have the on call doctor contact me (as we are driving BACK to the ER) only to be told that as long as his oxygen levels were good they would probably not admit him! Eventually I came to the conclusion that the stethoscope would come out- and really I am quite comfortable listening to him and I actually feel SO much better when his lungs are clear after his albuterol nebs. We are still super hopeful little man will grow out of this and it is just baby asthma! In other news, we are really hoping that the weather clears up soon so mommy can get out and start fundraising for the march for babies walk on April 27th, and also exercise! I am super excited to get the little man outside to enjoy the park across the street, I am hoping to invest in a bike trailer the little man can ride in! We are really looking forward to spring! I recently was asked to precept a new health coach at work which will require some commuting into the office 1-2 days a week until mid April, so if you don't hear from me for a bit that is why! Love to all of our family and friends, and here's to staying warm with snow on the way!