Cancelled Again

Once again Brandon is sick and we had to cancel his surgery. Both Katelyn and Brandon have been getting sick for a while now. We were worried about him being sick again for his surgery but we had hoped that he would improve. Instead, he got much worse. Yesterday afternoon, not only was he coughing a lot but he was wheezing and his oxygen needs where way up. Amy called the pediatrician and he wanted to see Brandon right away. They gave him some medication that seemed to help. The doctor wrote a prescription and ordered a nebulizer for us. He also sent Amy down to the hospital to have a couple of tests done. Brandon had a chest x-ray that seemed good. They assume that his problem is asthma. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. We know he has week lungs and Blake has a little asthma. We are still waiting for one more test that should come back sometime today that should tell us if his sickness is something to really worry about or not.

By the time Amy and Brandon got home it was really late. We ate a late dinner and got the kids ready for bed. By the time we were ready to run the pharmacy and fill Brandon’s prescription the only place open was the 24hr. pharmacy across town. He was doing fine and it wasn’t too long ago that he received a good dose at the Doctor’s office so we decided to wait until morning. That turned out to be an unwise decision. About 4:30 this morning I was off to the pharmacy. Needless to say we are both pretty tired this morning.

They are still very sick but both babies seem to be breathing much better this morning. Katelyn went to the dermatologist today and got another shot on her lip. The dermatologist is slowly raising the dosage each time and watching to see how her lip reacts. Hopefully we will get even better results this time.