Aiden has been sick for a full week now and COMPLETELY miserable! This virus has really taken a toll on him, he's been very clingy and wants mommy to hold him all the time while cuddling his blankets and sucking on his nuki (yes, he still has one).
I took Aiden to his regular Pediatrician for a follow up to the appointment he had last Friday.
His doctor has determined that Aiden has "Reactive Airway Disease" that causes him to cough very badly when he gets a virus - to the point of almost choking and not breathing.
This diagnose isn't necessarily asthma itself because true asthma is difficult to diagnose in a young child, but we are going to treat it as it is asthma with an 'Asthma Action Plan' and keep medication on hand. As Aiden gets older it will be much easier to conclude the diagnose of asthma.
Aiden's Pediatrician has been talking about asthma since he was an infant since he continually has the same reaction each time he gets a virus.
It will be important to keep Aiden away from irritating vapors, fumes, and smoke to ensure he does not have a threatening reaction to his airway. And we'll continue to use the nebulizer treatments when Aiden gets sick.
Our hope is that Aiden won't end up having to take medication daily in order to breathe, anyone with asthma knows how much it sucks to feel the elephant standing on your chest and working hard for every breath...including Aiden's mom.
I hope that we can get Aiden feeling better this weekend and knock out the virus for good!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Sick boy
Aiden's first day back to daycare after the New Year turned out to be not-so-fun. Nate got called back to get Aiden because Aiden was lethargic and started throwing up.
We've spent the last 24 hours trying to get Aiden to sleep more than a few minutes at a time, yes, that includes overnight. He was very thristy and we were hesitant to give him anything to drink since he would throw up anything that went in. By morning I felt better about giving him Pedialyte by syringe a few drops at a time. After having quite a few drops it seemed that the Pedialyte would stay down and he was able to take more.
Aiden hasn't thrown up since last night and we've been able to get him to sleep next to us on the couch off and on all day. His fever isn't as high either.
Aiden has had a cough inthe last couple of days which, I think, actually caused the vomiting. Since the new information out on children's cough and cold medicine, I decided we'd try the old remedy of honey to help calm the cough in order to allow for better sleep. I have to say, he's snoozing next to me and hasn't been coughing like he was before.
Hopefully with the ability to sleep and drink Pedialyte, Aiden will recover quickly and be back on the move!
We've spent the last 24 hours trying to get Aiden to sleep more than a few minutes at a time, yes, that includes overnight. He was very thristy and we were hesitant to give him anything to drink since he would throw up anything that went in. By morning I felt better about giving him Pedialyte by syringe a few drops at a time. After having quite a few drops it seemed that the Pedialyte would stay down and he was able to take more.
Aiden hasn't thrown up since last night and we've been able to get him to sleep next to us on the couch off and on all day. His fever isn't as high either.
Aiden has had a cough inthe last couple of days which, I think, actually caused the vomiting. Since the new information out on children's cough and cold medicine, I decided we'd try the old remedy of honey to help calm the cough in order to allow for better sleep. I have to say, he's snoozing next to me and hasn't been coughing like he was before.
Hopefully with the ability to sleep and drink Pedialyte, Aiden will recover quickly and be back on the move!
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Holidays 2007
We had an amazing holiday season yet again... lots of time with loved ones!
Aiden, of course, received way more gifts than our tiny house can handle so I spent a day organizing toys and finding space for all of them. He loves all of his new items and is quite spoiled by his family.
We are so fortunate for all we have and really kept that in mind as we celebrated the end of another year.
Happy Holidays to all!
Aiden, of course, received way more gifts than our tiny house can handle so I spent a day organizing toys and finding space for all of them. He loves all of his new items and is quite spoiled by his family.
We are so fortunate for all we have and really kept that in mind as we celebrated the end of another year.
Happy Holidays to all!
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
A day of turkey, family and thanks.
We are so excited to spend another holiday with both families. Nate's parents have invited my family over for thanksgiving dinner which has been a tradition of ours for a few years already.
It is so nice to stay at one location and not try to please everyone by spending the day traveling around to visit. Especially since Nate has to work on Friday.
We are so fortunate to have a large family that is very close and likes to spend time together (spoiling Aiden).
We wish everyone a very "thankful" day! We will definitely be counting our blessings into bites of turkey and pie!
We are so excited to spend another holiday with both families. Nate's parents have invited my family over for thanksgiving dinner which has been a tradition of ours for a few years already.
It is so nice to stay at one location and not try to please everyone by spending the day traveling around to visit. Especially since Nate has to work on Friday.
We are so fortunate to have a large family that is very close and likes to spend time together (spoiling Aiden).
We wish everyone a very "thankful" day! We will definitely be counting our blessings into bites of turkey and pie!
Monday, November 19, 2007
A hack in the house
Its been a week full of virus at our house. Aiden started with a cough then a cold about 5 days later and as the cold was calming down the cough wasn't. So we went to the doctor to make sure it wasn't something more serious. The doctor couldn't diagnose it directly but felt we'd do process of elimination. First, a swab of Aiden's nose for whooping cough, antibiotics in case it was whooping cough and nebulizer for possible asthma. We received the results on the whooping cough test 4 days later and its negative...whew! We haven't been 100% successful in the nebulizer treatments because Aiden isn't fond of the noise of the machine or the fact that smoke comes out from a tube. We have managed a few successful treatments and will be more diligent about it over the holiday weekend.
Now that Aiden's cough is calming down...mommy and daddy have caught it. Nate has been running a fever on and off for a few days. I, on the other hand, seem to keep the worst of the virus at bay so far...my body must know that I don't have time to be sick. I have a household to run.
I hope for all of us to recovery over the holiday weekend.
Now that Aiden's cough is calming down...mommy and daddy have caught it. Nate has been running a fever on and off for a few days. I, on the other hand, seem to keep the worst of the virus at bay so far...my body must know that I don't have time to be sick. I have a household to run.
I hope for all of us to recovery over the holiday weekend.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Life on the Farm
We spent the weekend on my Uncle Kim and Auntie Julie's farm in Orange City, Iowa visiting family, celebrating an early holiday and have church doors dedicated to my grandparents.
It was fun to see cousins, meet new cousins, get educated on farming and come together as a family - which we hardly do anymore.
We scheduled our driving around Aiden's sleeping schedule which worked pretty well on the way down but on the way back he only slept for about 45 minutes. Which as ok because he watched a movie and was content. His schedule was a bit mixed up with the time change, losing daylight savings time. We're still working on getting the schedule back in order.
We are so lucky to have a large, healthy extended family and hope to keep in contact with them as our lives change.
It was really fun to get together!
It was fun to see cousins, meet new cousins, get educated on farming and come together as a family - which we hardly do anymore.
We scheduled our driving around Aiden's sleeping schedule which worked pretty well on the way down but on the way back he only slept for about 45 minutes. Which as ok because he watched a movie and was content. His schedule was a bit mixed up with the time change, losing daylight savings time. We're still working on getting the schedule back in order.
We are so lucky to have a large, healthy extended family and hope to keep in contact with them as our lives change.
It was really fun to get together!
Monday, November 5, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Halloween 2007
We had a wonderful Halloween season this year. I found a great Elmo costume on Ebay since we didn't like what was in the stores. I ordered a 4T to make sure there was extra room for warm clothes underneath, it's a good thing because it fit just right~!
We spent a Saturday night carving pumpkins with the Johnston family. Aiden wasn't that interested in the pumpkin carving, not fast paced enough for him. He did like getting to spend time with his cousins though! I attempted to carve Thomas the Tank Engine and Nate did some creative carving as well.
The next night we visited the local zoo's Halloween event, ZooBoo, the kids get a trick-or-treating bag when they get to the zoo. The zoo is decorated with characters and such for the kids to see and activities throughout the trick-or-treat trail. We went with my friend Sara and her adorable daughter Audrey, Uncle Dave, Aunnie Missy, Anna, Bradley and Auntie Caly. Aiden had a great time!
Then finally the big day...Halloween through the neighborhood. Aiden did a fantastic job walking around to collect candy from the neighbors who thought he was adorable as Elmo. He even received a special baggie of toddler friendly treats from the neighbors next door. We vistited Uncle Jason's (and Auntie Micky but she wasn't home though), then some friends and off to Grandma's house to show off in her neighborhood. While we were there Uncle Dave, Aunnie Missy, Anna and Bradley showed up to try to scare Grandma, but Aiden knew who they were right away!
It was a great Halloween season this year! Aiden did a fabulous job with all the activities and even though he doesn't get to enjoy most of the treats he received, it was fun anyway :)
We spent a Saturday night carving pumpkins with the Johnston family. Aiden wasn't that interested in the pumpkin carving, not fast paced enough for him. He did like getting to spend time with his cousins though! I attempted to carve Thomas the Tank Engine and Nate did some creative carving as well.
The next night we visited the local zoo's Halloween event, ZooBoo, the kids get a trick-or-treating bag when they get to the zoo. The zoo is decorated with characters and such for the kids to see and activities throughout the trick-or-treat trail. We went with my friend Sara and her adorable daughter Audrey, Uncle Dave, Aunnie Missy, Anna, Bradley and Auntie Caly. Aiden had a great time!
Then finally the big day...Halloween through the neighborhood. Aiden did a fantastic job walking around to collect candy from the neighbors who thought he was adorable as Elmo. He even received a special baggie of toddler friendly treats from the neighbors next door. We vistited Uncle Jason's (and Auntie Micky but she wasn't home though), then some friends and off to Grandma's house to show off in her neighborhood. While we were there Uncle Dave, Aunnie Missy, Anna and Bradley showed up to try to scare Grandma, but Aiden knew who they were right away!
It was a great Halloween season this year! Aiden did a fabulous job with all the activities and even though he doesn't get to enjoy most of the treats he received, it was fun anyway :)
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Aiden's 2 year check up
Aiden did AWESOME at his appointment. Not only did he do well for his flu and hep shot, they also took blood for 24 month lead test. He watched the girl take his blood and didn’t hardly flinch. I couldn’t believe it! He was very curious about what she was doing to him.
After the long doctor’s appointment, we took him to Toys R Us to get another Cars movie (ours is lost), then went to the pet store to get fish for his aquarium. We picked out 5 guppies in bright colors, food for the fish and a few new plants (fake, of course). Nate put the aquarium together when we got home while I made dinner and Aiden obsessively played with his new toys.
Nate basically tried everything to get Aiden to eat dinner so we could put him to bed…bribes, tricks, forcing…don’t mess with a kid who just got new toys.
Aiden will be happy to have an evening with his new toys tonight since we don’t have anything planned.
After the long doctor’s appointment, we took him to Toys R Us to get another Cars movie (ours is lost), then went to the pet store to get fish for his aquarium. We picked out 5 guppies in bright colors, food for the fish and a few new plants (fake, of course). Nate put the aquarium together when we got home while I made dinner and Aiden obsessively played with his new toys.
Nate basically tried everything to get Aiden to eat dinner so we could put him to bed…bribes, tricks, forcing…don’t mess with a kid who just got new toys.
Aiden will be happy to have an evening with his new toys tonight since we don’t have anything planned.
Aiden's 2nd Birthday
Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate Aiden’s 2nd birthday. Aiden had a blast!
He woke up the next morning and said “TOYS?”. He had not forgotten all the fun things he got from his party.
When I drove him home from the party, I kept driving around the area for ½ hour trying to get him to settle down and fall asleep. He did fall asleep for a few minutes right before I brought him home, but perked up as I took him out of the car seat. Then it took another hour to get him back to sleep.
After finally getting him down, Nate and I spent the rest of the night getting toys out of the massive amount of packaging the toy companies feel the need to provide for “toy safety”. After we unleashed the toys, I put them all in their own little “tote home” so they are perfectly organized and not all over my floor….yet.
I left the set of Weebles and his Cars racetrack out to play, we’ll swap for new toys in a couple of days.
Poor Aiden went to school on Monday so daddy could fish, that means he didn’t even get to stay home and play with the new stuff. Then after school Mommy and Daddy will take him to his 2-year check up with Dr. Anderson. And after his appointment we are going buy the movie Cars and get new fish at the pet store for his brand new aquarium that Daddy setup. He won’t want to play with all the news toys after he gets fish in his tank.
What an exciting week for one VERY CUTE two year boy!
We really appreciate having the best family EVER!
He woke up the next morning and said “TOYS?”. He had not forgotten all the fun things he got from his party.
When I drove him home from the party, I kept driving around the area for ½ hour trying to get him to settle down and fall asleep. He did fall asleep for a few minutes right before I brought him home, but perked up as I took him out of the car seat. Then it took another hour to get him back to sleep.
After finally getting him down, Nate and I spent the rest of the night getting toys out of the massive amount of packaging the toy companies feel the need to provide for “toy safety”. After we unleashed the toys, I put them all in their own little “tote home” so they are perfectly organized and not all over my floor….yet.
I left the set of Weebles and his Cars racetrack out to play, we’ll swap for new toys in a couple of days.
Poor Aiden went to school on Monday so daddy could fish, that means he didn’t even get to stay home and play with the new stuff. Then after school Mommy and Daddy will take him to his 2-year check up with Dr. Anderson. And after his appointment we are going buy the movie Cars and get new fish at the pet store for his brand new aquarium that Daddy setup. He won’t want to play with all the news toys after he gets fish in his tank.
What an exciting week for one VERY CUTE two year boy!
We really appreciate having the best family EVER!
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