A little piece of heaven

That was Nathan’s diagnosis today….

…bronchitis
…otitis (ear infection)
…sinusitis

Poor guy. He threw up this morning but fortunately hasn’t thrown up since. He also hasn’t really eaten anything that he COULD throw up. All those hard-earned calories…slipping away.

He’s on augmentin for all of the itis’es. We hope the antibiotics will do the trick.

I also pointed out to the doctor that he’s been sick constantly for the last 3 months. She realized it too so she wrote orders for a whole bunch of tests. She is going to focus on figuring out what’s up with his immune system, to see if he needs IVIG or something to boost his immunity.

Even through all this, he continues to be happy and complains very little. My poor little man. So gentle, so sweet, so strong.

Nathan was sent home from school yesterday because he was vomiting. We jumped into “sick mode” which meant lots of fluids, TLC, and rest. He seemed fine all afternoon and enjoyed his time of rest. He ate a great dinner and at his usual time we put him to sleep – on his back, as we’ve been doing for the last week or so.

I could hear his breathing was congested so I decided to sleep with the monitor turned all the way up to the max setting, and I went to bed.

All of a sudden I heard something strange and didn’t feel quite right – so I rushed to his room. Sure enough he had just vomited. Fortunately he turned his head to the side so he wasn’t aspirating on the vomit. We got him straight into the shower to clean him up (it was all over his face and hair) and on the way out of the shower he threw up the rest of his dinner. Then he was miserable and couldn’t stop crying – he felt so so bad.

We got him showered again and changed into his pj’s and then sat on the couch to watch some more Shrek to calm him down. After about 15 min’s he was relaxed again so I put him back down.

After monitoring his breathing for a while I knew he was safely asleep and he had thrown up all the mucus so I didn’t expect more vomit.

And this, my friends, is the stuff of my nightmares – the reason I rarely sleep. What if he had aspirated his vomit? This is one of those life-threatening things for Nathan that scares me sleepless. This is the reason why Nathan is almost 5 and I still sleep with his monitor cranked up so I can monitor any change in breathing patterns throughout the night.

In an hour we’ll be seeing his doctor so I hope we can get him on the mend again. I’ll let you guys know how he’s doing.

Our house seems to be full of them.

I have a nasty sinus infection.
Nathan got sent home from school today with vomiting and congestion.
Izzy is snotty and bad tempered.
Owen seems to have bronchitis.
Even Lucas has tendonitis and is limping (because he’s gained 30 lbs and now weights 178 lbs!!!!).

So I am about to join Nathan in bed, to cuddle and watch Shrek 4 (while Belle naps in her crib and Owen plays plants vs zombies on the xbox). What better remedy?

And yes, you better believe that a mighty spring cleaning faces us SOON.