Breathing Issues

Well, today we decided to take Emmett to the Pediatrician. Since the end of August, he has had a wheezy, wet, productive cough going on. Pretty much non-stop. Since then he has cut 6 teeth and is in process of cutting 2 more. We passed it off as a "teething cough" at first, but it continued. Then we thought "it must be a cold now".....and finally, it was just time to take him in because it seems that though we were hopeful he would beat this junk, it's just not happening. He has also run a pretty consistent temperature of 99-100 degrees since the start of this.

I called this morning and got an afternoon appointment. Since it was last minute, we all went....the kids and I. Dr. Hogan's medical student came in to listen to him and check his ears first, then the nurse came in and took a pulse O2 and it was 83 which is low. Next Dr. Hogan came in and said it was way too low and she wasn't comfortable with it. She then told us that we needed to go to the hospital for yet another chest x-ray. (This would have been his third since birth.) She also added that if his pulse O2 wasn't 93 or above they would want to admit him into the hospital.

To say the least, I was taken aback. I didn't think he was that serious or I would have brought him in sooner! They gave him a breathing treatment and then checked his pulse O2 about 5-10 min. after. He got a score of 90 which made her much more comfortable, so we didn't have to go in. We did leave the office with a Rx for an oral steriod for the next three days, breathing treatments and reflux medication. We are trying to nail down what the cause is. We also have an appointment to see an allergist/immunologist on Monday to study him further.

The little man has had a rough start with his lungs. The Dr. seems to think he has had way too much going on being only an 8 month old. Our prayer is that it is something that we can deal with as naturally as possible and that steroid treatment will not become the only option. He is a happy baby boy, he get's cranky, but 6 teeth in 2 months....that would make me cranky!

Dr. Hogan also mentioned that it could be a milk or chicken allergy, so since he is nursing I am going to try and cut those out of my diet for a while and see if it helps. That should be interesting! Fruits and veggies here I come!! Oh, and I can eat my Oatmeal too! I'll give up anything to help the little man out....Please pray for a healthy little boy.

Love,

Hilary