Monday, February 22, 2010
On the road to recovery
Monday, February 15, 2010
One thing after the other..
Monday, February 8, 2010
Pictures of Adam's hive.
We took Adam to the doctor today and he confirmed to us that he did have an antibiotic allergic reaction and said he has it bad as it gets basically. I took pictures of it, but still he looks much worse in person. Adam was put on antibiotic about a week ago, because the doctor thought it might help clear up some of the congestion that he thought he had and gave it to him as a precaution. But after going to the Ears, nose and throat doctor we discovered that the noisy breathing he was having was from his laryngomalacia, moderate sized adnoids and some acid reflux. If you are wondering what laryngomalacia is, it explains it in the post two previous ones before this one. We kept Adam on his Antibiotic because once you start one you should finish it, but in his case we discontinued use of it. I am glad that his medical problems have only been minor, but the poor little guy has still had to deal with a lot in the past couple of weeks..... The pediatrician said that his hives will clear up in about a week, so we will probably be staying home. I'm sure if we go out in public people would be thinking he is contagious, or something of the sort. I am happy to say that Adam is breathing much better at night now that we turn him on his side and now that he is taking prevacid for the acid reflux.
Hives
Thursday, February 4, 2010
5 months old and our cute little three year old.
Laryngomalacia is best described as floppy tissue (epiglottis and arytenoid cartilages) above the vocal cords that falls into the airway when a child breaths in, so we think this is one of the causes of him not breathing very well at night. He does have a very minor case and the Dr. said he should grow out of it by the time he is 12 to 18 months of age. The ENT told us if we lay him on his side at night he should be able to breathe easier, because it opens Adam's airway more. He said that the worse position for him to be in at night is when he sleeps on his back, because the larynx will not open as much.
Well with the combination of the laryngomalcia, moderate sized adnoids, sleep apnea and most likely acid reflux he actually slept really well on his side last night and hardly made a peep. It is just unbelievable that is all it took! He is usually snoring, or gasping for air during his little episodes, or making some kind of noise. I still was up with him quite frequently last night, just to make sure he was still breathing because he was so quiet....... With Sleep apnea and Laryngomalacia he is at an increased risk for getting cyanosis at night(turning blue from not getting enough oxygen) but the dr. reassured us that he should be just fine. We feel like Adam should be just fine after all that has been going on.
Audrey just started preschool this last month and loves it!! We decided to put her into preschool because she was getting so bored at home. I can already tell that she has learned new skills and developed a ton from it. She has learned how to use scissors, but has not mastered cutting yet. Also, she is starting to trace letters and numbers a little bit and is still working on mastering that as well. Every time I usually pick her up she is so excited and tells me the things they have done at preschool and seems so happy about it all. Thanks, to her preschool teacher who is awesome and makes it so much fun for the kids! Thanks, Lori for referring us to the preschool we love it! Anyways, Audrey just started primary in at the beginning of January and loves to go in there and sing songs and is also the naughtiest one most of the time..... She just likes to run around, or jump up and down and not stay quiet. She is starting to be a little bit better, but I think she just has so much energy all of the time she can not contain herself. We love her though and she has made some progress in primary in the last month and just needs time to adjust to it.