29 and a day

so, it was a big birthday this year. very memorable, but not necessarily in a good way. one bright shining moment: carson started to call me mommy, not just mama. it's so sweet!! i'm not crazy about rain, so that just made it all the more depressing. the day started with me taking a sick baby to the doctor. he has been having a really bad cough, so we thought it should get checked out. good thing we did!! he has an upper respiratory infection, just shy of pneumonia. poor baby!! he also got the flu shot, which went over like a lead balloon. we left there to get his medicine at the pharmacy. since they weren't ready for us, we rode the "ni" 5 times to pass the time. carson seemed to enjoy it, so i couldn't complain. we went home to play and wait for daddy. when daddy got home, i had lunch ready for carson, but he didn't eat much. i left for work where we had a nice lunch and cake - yummy!! thanks, shelley. :) too bad daddy called to report that carson had fallen and hit his head in the garage. rough day, little guy! i came home to sweet cards from carson and cj. carson and i ran an errand while daddy made me chicken florentine - it was great! too bad i didn't get to eat for 30 mins or so; carson was very upset. i gave him a bath and even jumped in to enjoy the bubbles with him. of course, he had to slip and bump his head on the tub as we were getting out. man oh man, kiddo!! we snuggled up to tigger as we fell asleep.
i was home until 12 on tuesday since i had a late appointment. good thing i was home! i was nauseous all morning and carson wanted his mommy. lily ran away (was sorry to have to find her) - good thing she was at the neighbor's house. carson fell asleep on the way to linda's then wailed when i left. it was horrible! i wanted to grab him and run home. he fell asleep on our walk/run then we played in the bath again. i just love to hear him giggle!!
he's doing much better than he was, and he's doing a great job with his breathing machine. he helps put the fish mask on, then he likes to turn the machine on to start and off when done. good thing he's helping - he has to do it 3 times a day for a week! he likes his medicine. he takes the dropper and sucks the medicine out. makes life a lot easier. hopefully he'll be all better soon. i hate having a sick baby!!
fyi - so far, being 30 sucks, and i'm only 2 days into it!!

RSV Update

Okay, so the RSV definitely got worse as the week went on. Carson had a temp of 99.8 on Tuesday, but Linda let him stay at daycare. On Wed, she called because his temp was 101 after naptime. Above 100 means you have to go home. His wheezing was worse, too, so Cj and I took him back to the doctor. It's a good thing since his oxygenation had dropped 5 points. They gave Carson a breathing treatment and it brought his levels back up. Now we are proud owners of a breathing machine. Carson crashed about 6:30 that night. He has been getting up 3-4 times a night for a drink and his binkie. He goes right back to sleep after that. It's just the getting up that many times that's a killer.

Cj stayed home with Carson for 1/2 day yesterday then Grampy came over and Grammy joined him when she got off work. Carson did really well, and felt so good that he stayed up until Daddy got home and fed him a bottle. Then he crashed hard.

Linda gave Carson 2 breathing treatments on Friday for his wheezing, and he took a good nap there. He needed it! He kept playing then stopping to lay on the floor. After about 10 seconds he would pop up in fear that he might fall asleep.

We took both boys shopping yesterday, and Carson would run and fall then lay down in the middle of the store. Everyone thought it was quite entertaining.

Carson crash/RSV

Okay, so it's been a really rough 24 hours. Cj took Carson to the doctor today only to discover this hacking cough and runny nose is RSV - a total panic attack in my book. I know the least and the worst of it, and my best friend confirmed the wide range of possible outcomes. However, I am trying to be optimistic, as Dr. Blume said that Carson's oxygenation is 99% and he seemed positive about the recovery. He did say that the next 48-72 hours would most likely be worse before it gets better, then Carson should cough for the next 2 weeks before being well again. Gee whiz! My poor baby...

As if this wasn't bad enough... Carson has 2 molars and a front tooth coming in. The molars are progressing well, and the front tooth just popped thru. The kid is going to have a mouth full of teeth by the time he's 18 months. And, I have heard that the I-teeth are the worst. Great!

Oh, it still gets better... last night when Carson and I were playing, he slipped and hit his 4 top teeth on our end table. There are teeth scratches down the table - no kidding. So, I freak out while trying to stay calm as I have a screaming baby with blood coming out of his mouth. I stick my finger in there to check to make sure his teeth are still in tact, and I withdraw a bloody finger. Now I'm really upset. Once I finally calm Carson down and get control, I call my mom. Carson and I then took turns sucking on an ice cube to see if we can get something cold on his mouth to control the swelling. Cj and I agree that this kid needs a helmet!