Jax in his "Gas Mask" to avoid germs...
Well sadly, I am reporting that Jax will no longer be going to school this fall/winter.
After leaving Liam's Dr appt. yesterday, it was decided that I needed to pull Jax out of school for the cold and flu season because it's compromising Liam's health, badly.
Liam had his 9 month wellness checkup, and after learning that he is still fighting the congestion and breathing issues (wheezing, lung tightness, etc). and discovering he STILL has a lower bronchial infection, it seems to me and to Dr. Rick that exposing Liam to unnecessary germs and bugs is just asking for trouble and keeping him sick, so Dr. Rick asked me to withdrawal Jax from daycare/preschool until the cold/flu/rsv season comes to an end.
Yesterday was a hard day for me. Dr. Rick also diagnosed Liam with what is called Restrictive Airway Disease, which is a form of childhood asthma very common in premature babies, and specifically those who had under developed lungs at birth and other complications, which Liam clearly did. The good news is, most children outgrow the diagnosis usually by toddler age, before it really affects them and their lifestyle. The bad news is, it means for some sacrifices made by the family to keep Liam healthy. I now will have to be "THAT" Mom, who screens everyone for sicknesses, carries hand sanitizer, and attacks like a mama bear if someone tries to reach for my cub in anyway... Ok, maybe not that bad, but I do have to really enforce healthy habits before handling, touching, or visiting Liam. Hello even dryer skin and extra hand sanitizer!! :/
The worst is that Liam is close to being hospitalized for his breathing and the tightness in his lungs, and of course we don't want that. It wasn't clear to me that he was diagnosed with walking pneumonia, but the way his lungs sounded to the doctor, it's developing into that, or he's being treated similarly. Now we must do breathing treatments every 6 hours vs. twice a day, and he is on yet another round of steroids and antibiotics to clear the excess fluid around his lungs and the tightness in his chest. Not only that, I have to pull Jax out of school. Unfortunately today is his last day. I didn't tell him why, I just told Jax that school was going to be out for the winter and the holiday's (not technically a lie right?), but starting next week, I will be taking him to Nana's to spend a few days each week doing "school" at her house, which will give Jax and I a break, and is still something special Jax can look forward to! :)
Liam had his 9 month wellness checkup, and after learning that he is still fighting the congestion and breathing issues (wheezing, lung tightness, etc). and discovering he STILL has a lower bronchial infection, it seems to me and to Dr. Rick that exposing Liam to unnecessary germs and bugs is just asking for trouble and keeping him sick, so Dr. Rick asked me to withdrawal Jax from daycare/preschool until the cold/flu/rsv season comes to an end.
Yesterday was a hard day for me. Dr. Rick also diagnosed Liam with what is called Restrictive Airway Disease, which is a form of childhood asthma very common in premature babies, and specifically those who had under developed lungs at birth and other complications, which Liam clearly did. The good news is, most children outgrow the diagnosis usually by toddler age, before it really affects them and their lifestyle. The bad news is, it means for some sacrifices made by the family to keep Liam healthy. I now will have to be "THAT" Mom, who screens everyone for sicknesses, carries hand sanitizer, and attacks like a mama bear if someone tries to reach for my cub in anyway... Ok, maybe not that bad, but I do have to really enforce healthy habits before handling, touching, or visiting Liam. Hello even dryer skin and extra hand sanitizer!! :/
The worst is that Liam is close to being hospitalized for his breathing and the tightness in his lungs, and of course we don't want that. It wasn't clear to me that he was diagnosed with walking pneumonia, but the way his lungs sounded to the doctor, it's developing into that, or he's being treated similarly. Now we must do breathing treatments every 6 hours vs. twice a day, and he is on yet another round of steroids and antibiotics to clear the excess fluid around his lungs and the tightness in his chest. Not only that, I have to pull Jax out of school. Unfortunately today is his last day. I didn't tell him why, I just told Jax that school was going to be out for the winter and the holiday's (not technically a lie right?), but starting next week, I will be taking him to Nana's to spend a few days each week doing "school" at her house, which will give Jax and I a break, and is still something special Jax can look forward to! :)
We will also hopefully be able to have play dates with some of his school mates, most importantly his BEST FRIEND Ryland. (Oh it breaks my heart, he talks about Ryland CONSTANTLY). But again, it's for Liam and his health is the number one factor.
We're hoping that after today, we can focus on getting Liam back on track, and that once he is healthy and 100% that we can keep him that way over this season... Once the initial risk is over, we can enroll Jax back in school and hopefully by then Liam's immune system will be stronger and we won't have this issue again...
Besides Liam being "broken". He is growing great height/weight wise. He actually lost some weight in the past few weeks with being sick and is 14lbs. 13oz which SUCKS, but Dr. Rick assured me it's ok, and that he is still on track. He is growing lengthwise just fine and is now 26" long (DJ and Amanda, has Kenley totally passed her cousin yet?!? lol). We also get to start table foods since Liam refuses any and ALL types of baby food other than cereal and sweet potatoes... so now I get to start again (hopefully with a different success rate) at having a good eater! Come on hamburgers and hot dogs!!!!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Shylah
Besides Liam being "broken". He is growing great height/weight wise. He actually lost some weight in the past few weeks with being sick and is 14lbs. 13oz which SUCKS, but Dr. Rick assured me it's ok, and that he is still on track. He is growing lengthwise just fine and is now 26" long (DJ and Amanda, has Kenley totally passed her cousin yet?!? lol). We also get to start table foods since Liam refuses any and ALL types of baby food other than cereal and sweet potatoes... so now I get to start again (hopefully with a different success rate) at having a good eater! Come on hamburgers and hot dogs!!!!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Shylah
