Looks like rainy weather…and other ramblings…
Our weather here has been nothing short of crazy the last few months, we’re freezing cold one day and hot the next. We are now having storms and it’s supposed to be down to 50 tomorrow, now mind you we had on shorts yesterday! Kellar has started coughing again, this morning he had a bad coughing spell that I sure thought was going to end with puke. I can not believe my baby is about to be 3!!!! He’s getting so big and so talkative. I love it! I love him! He is getting to that age where I laugh at him and what he says constantly. He’s so grown up acting at times and I am so amazed at how far he’s come along in many areas and the most recent his speech. Wow! It’s unbelievable. I’ll make a new post of all the new things he’s saying soon, hopefully Joey will get pictures up before then.
Summer yet?
I normally would not wish summer time here in TX on anyone but I will admit I am ready for warmer temps, not that I love the hot because anyone who knows me will tell you I prefer cold over hot any day but I am ready for my baby to not be sick. I am so ready for him to be able to go outside for more than 20 minutes and not get sick. I just got him out of the hospital not even 3 wks ago and today I had to take him back to the dr for a horrible cough, fever and runny nose. It’s like he’s fine one minute and the next it’s hit him hard, I am scared to even see what our dr bills are for the last month, it stinks! I know that we have been blessed beyond words when it comes to Kellars outcome and most people can’t believe he was born so premature but the constant sickness, cough, runny nose, bouts with pneumonia and the need for breathing treatments at least a couple of times a month make me realize that parts of his prematurity are still rearing their ugly head! I try not to whine about things when it comes to what I as a mother hate to see Kellar go through because in the grand scheme of things I know it’s mild but that doesn’t make it any easier. I don’t harbor ill feelings towards mothers of full term children though I do often wonder if they really understand how fortunate that they are. I wonder what it’s like to make plans to go somewhere and not have to check the weather and ponder over whether or not it’s “suitable” enough weather to get Kellar out. I wonder what it would be like to hear a kid cough and see a runny nose and not worry about my child catching it and if he did perhaps catch it being able to ride it out and not feel the need to take him to the dr to be sure that the runny nose and cough for that kid didn’t turn into pneumonia for mine. Again I know that this is minor stuff when it comes to prematurity issues and I can never put into words how grateful I truly am for my son and how amazing he is. I wouldn’t trade him for anything in the world, cough, snotty nose, pneumonia, outrageous dr bills and all he is my pride and joy and I love him more than he will ever know!
The boss is back…
Kellar is definitely feeling better and is back to his rowdy rambunctious self. Mommy and daddy love it! I am also happy to report that the tremors are gone so my guess would be it was all the albuterol he was on. The weather has been so nice the last few days and I have been terrified of allowing him to go outside but yesterday I gave in. Kellar loved it, he watched paw wash his motorcycle and played in his hummer. Kellars vocabulary and putting sentences together is still improving every day and he’s getting quite good at telling us what to do. I was walking in the yard to go and move his hummer and he steps off the porch and yells “mom get over here right now” and he points his finger down beside him, I froze and looked over at my dad who was laughing and shaking his head. He’s bossy but my baby can be so sweet at times I just melt. Today in the store he is sitting in the buggy and he leans over and wraps his arms around me and says “I love you mommy”, this is the first time he has ever said it just because he wanted to and not because we said it first. He’s been really lovey all day today. I took him to get a haircut and he was not happy about it at all, his hair had grown out quite a bit and I wanted him to have a little boys haircut but the fit he threw put a kink in that plan. Kellar ended up with basically the same haircut that I give him at home, next time I’ll save that $15 and buzz it myself…he sure is handsome though!
We’re home….
Kellar was admitted to the hospital yesterday with pneumonia and dehydration. He had started coughing later in the week and just progressively got worse by Sunday. Though he had a horrible cough he would still get up and play for a brief period then he’d come back and hang around in my lap for a bit, he did take a few naps here and there but didn’t act as if he felt just horrible. Monday morning I go to wake him up and he’s really tired acting and not even putting up a fight with me as I change his diaper and dress him, not typical Kellar behavior at all! We go to my moms and he still really hasn’t woken up. I sit down with him thinking that if I hold him for a little bit and let him wake up he’ll get down and go play. I decide to try and wake him up and he just won’t wake up, if he does it only takes him a split second to go back to sleep. I carry him to my mom and told her that I’m taking him to the dr because I think that somethings not right, even when Kellar feels bad he’s normally still rowdy. I call the office and told them that I just can’t seem to get Kellar awake, my dad comes in and gets Kellar up and takes him to get a drink and we notice that as he is putting it towards his mouth he is shaking uncontrollably in his hands and head. I got so nauseated I went outside, this reminded me so much of when he was smaller and had the tremor. I load him up and we head to the clinic and he fell asleep as soon as the car started rolling. We get to the clinic and they took us back to a room and the dr was right in behind us, he listened to him and said he had pneumonia and that he looked “dry” so he sent us up for bloodwork and xrays. We got done and took the xrays back down and he confirmed he had pneumonia and the bloodwork showed dehydration as well as a bacterial infection, Kellar is still sleeping and Dr. Wright feels we should admit Kellar for iv fluids and antibiotics. We get checked in and I go with the nurses to start his iv, he’s not happy and puts up a good fight then he just tires out and falls back asleep. I lay him in his bed and he slept for probably a good 3 hours and the whole time I was just wanting him to wake up and act like my baby boy! I crawled in bed beside him and he woke up and wanted in my lap. They brought him a food tray and we had picked him up a pizza on the way in so he ate a little bit of everything, his appetite was actually pretty good. Kellar also had not pooped since Friday night so this was a bit of a concern considering that he had the surgery for nec when he was a baby. His belly looked fine and he had bowel sounds but going that long w/out a dirty diaper was also unusual. As the evening progressed Kellar began to come around and by today my baby was back! He was his normal smiley self and I loved it. The dr came in and made the comment that he was a totally different kid and I couldn’t agree more. I was worried, seeing him like that brought back many memories of him being so sick in the nicu, I’ve seen Kellar sick but yesterday was different. He still has some shakiness and is having a little trouble holding his eating utensils, we’re all hoping that its just the side effects of the albuterol and not anything else going on. We haven’t seen the tremor in over 2 years and I hope and pray that it stays that way. So we’re home and we couldn’t be happier!