Doing Better

Cameron has been on levaquin for 7 days and is finally sounding better. He has cough a couple times today, but not much and no wheezing. I think we have gotten him healthy this time without the hospital. Yeah! Hopefully he will continue to stay healthy. It seems like every time I write that he's doing better, he goes and gets sick again. Let's hope that doesn't happen this time. Zach is feeling much better. still have the never-ending cough. I also fell yesterday morning and sprained my ankle. I had to go to the doctor today, it hurt so much. They gave me crutches, but by the time I had to go, I refused to take them. I think I will just injure myself worse with them. So, I told them I will just hobble around and not put weight on it. I posted a pic of Cam and his grandpa on their last day together, last Wednesday. Cameron really loves grandpa and wanted to play with him all the time! The other picture is from this weekend. I made a tent for him in the living room and that was him crawling through it.

Easter Weekend

Cameron got some neat toys in his Easter basket from his Grandma and Grandpa Hoeptner. They have been here for a little over a week, but they leave tomorrow. Unfortunately, everyone has been sick. I just caught it and now Zach has too. We have a sore throat and I have a horrible cough. Cameron still has quite a cough and some wheezing. We have put him on a new antibiotic, but so far, we haven't seen much of a difference. This is only the third day of the new one, so we're hoping in the next couple days we'll notice a difference. He's had a hard time sleeping as well. Tomorrow he will go back to his babysitters. I'm a little worried about it. They'll have to do a therapy mid-day for him because he really needs a breathing treatment every 4 hours right now. It's been hard to update lately. We are still up to our ears in the insurance mess. We really hope Cam doesn't end up in the hospital. Gotta go help get him ready for bed and another treatment.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Here are some pics from St. Patty's day. Cameron is doing better sort of. His fever is gone. He ended up with a rash from being sick that itched him for a couple days. Yesterday evening he started a really wet cough. It has gotten much worse today, lots of coughing, however he acts like he's fine. We went to the cf clinic today and he got put on an antibiotic, Dr. Eid thought it didn't sound very good. He was happy with his growth though. He's still between the 10-20% for weight, but up to 60-70 for height. He has lost some weight being sick. The biggest upset today was finding out that the clinic does not take Humana anymore. I am sick to my stomach over it. We are going to get a continuation of care for 90 days, hopefully. But, we will either need to hope that the fight ends and the office starts our insurance again, or we will need to be taking him to Lexington for CF care. This would not be good! I'm very worried about this cough he has and I am very worried about having a doctor for him. I don't know what to do. I need to get Cam taken care of for the night and pick up his script, just wanted to do a quick update.

Still Sick

We were hoping Cam would be feeling better by now, but he seems worse. The doc tested him for the flu and strep and both were negative. They also did a throat culture. He was able to stand and walk around for a little bit when I got home yesterday, but he quickly got to feeling bad again. He couldn't sleep until about 9pm, which is so late for him. Then, he woke up every 15-30 minutes crying, I think he's just so uncomfortable. So, Zach layed with him, but then Cam woke screaming this high pitched scream. I took his temp and it was 104.9, so we called the doc. They said to get him more Tylenol and see if it goes down at least half a degree to one degree in the next 30-60 minutes, if not to go to the hospital. It went down, but never below 103. He had 103.8 when he got up this morning and then he threw up a few times after eating. Zach and I were so worried about him last night, we hardly got any sleep. Zach will stay home with him again today and got a sub for tomorrow.

Cameron woke up this morning with a runny nose. He had a little one yesterday and was also sounding a bit raspy for a while, but was better by bedtime. Today he has a little wheeze and raspy sound on his exhale and a very stuffy nose. He took a two hour morning nap, half of which I held him for because he was whining and crying in his crib. He was burning up and had a temp of 103. After some Tylenol, it's down to 101.4 and hopefully even lower now. He's playing and stuff for the moment, but he's extra whiny and his little cheeks are pretty red. This is the time of year he was hospitalized last year, so of course Zach and I are a little worried. He's been able to fight every cold so far since last May, but we haven't really heard this wheezing since then either. Hopefully it will all clear up and he will get healthy quickly with the extra therapy and loving.

I have a bunch of pictures to put on here from yesterday, he was so cute. He put my hat on when he was eating and then was wearing my sunglasses. So, I guess he needs his own pair for the summer! He popped the lens out of mine. I think it's been fixed though. He also loves getting on the rocking chair. He can rock himself. We took a short video, but it's sideways, so I'm not going to post that. He also enjoyed the snow for a brief period. He threw it a little and then we went inside.

Snow

Cameron did not like the snow as much yesterday. We put him in his snow boots, but he can't even stand in them and he screamed the whole time, so we put him in regular shoes that had the most plastic so his feet wouldn't be wet. The snow was too deep. It was about 4 inches when we went out. He wouldn't keep his mittens on so his hands got real red, real fast. Snow gear isn't that comfortable and Cam just doesn't get that yet. So, he didn't last too long. I had to give him a warm bath to warm his hands back up. Then after I put his diaper on, he insisted on having his hat back on. He's been doing this lately. He wants on what he wants, when he wants it. Lucky us! Aunt Erin had called, so to keep him quiet, I just put on the hat. Then he wanted is coat, then his socks, and then each shoe. So funny! Then, he just went to the basement door and cried because he wants to go down on the slide and swing. This is ALL he wants to do lately. He had already been down like six times before this. So, we're going to have to go down once or twice a day. He just remembers everything now, it's hard to get him distracted on something else when he wants something. Anyway, thought these pics were cute and funny. We got about 8 inches of snow here at our house. They are saying another 2-4" this morning. I shoveled the driveway yesterday and it's totally covered again. So, I will go out later and do it again. They're saying not to go on the roads. The salt trucks can't keep up and the highways are snow covered. So, I'm planning on being here all day. I'm not sure what the plans will be for that bachelorette party tonight, we'll have to see.

Fun with Mom

Another snow day! Boy, I am going to be teaching until July. We were supposed to get out June 3. Now, we are up to June 11th. Not fun considering we are going back earlier this year!

It is nice to be able to be home with Cameron though. I know I will regret saying this once he talks my ears off, but I really can't wait for Cameron to talk more. He is always pointing and grunting or whining at things to tell us he needs them. I've been trying to repeat words and to try to get him to say them before I give him things. He tries most of the time, but doesn't have the correct sounds, just making his own sounds. I guess that is the first step. He still wants to go outside all the time. He has also started going to the basement door and crying because he wants to go down there. We have been down there three times already and it is just after noon. He wants to go on his slide and swing. He can now climb up the little climbing wall thing to get to the top of the slide. Then, he gets himself up and sits on his bottom and then waits for me to hold my arms out and slides down the slide. He screams as he goes down and is smiling from ear to ear. It is so cute! He will get down and go right back up, over and over again. I'm glad he likes it though!.

Well, there was no snow on the ground when we got up this morning. It started around 7:45 this morning and came down fast. We have about 2-3 inches already. We are expected to get anywhere from 6-12". I haven't taken Cameron out yet. Zach doesn't get to see Cameron in the snow since he's always working on these days. So, I thought there would still be plenty coming down when he got home. We may post some pictures of that later when we get out to play in it. We all have snow gear to do it thanks to Zach's mom! Here we didn't know how much we'd use it, but I don't think winter is ever going to end. I must say, it's very pretty outside. Part of me doesn't want it to last long because we have a bachelorette party Saturday night that has been planned for a while. But, I have never seen this much snow since I've lived here, so if we really got 8-12", that would be crazy!

Allergy Results

Cameron did well at his allergy appointment. He tested negative for mold, dust mites, cats, and dogs. He had a positive test for peanuts, oats, cigarette smoke, ragweed, and tomato. None were that bad, they just said not to feed the food things all together and since the peanut one was the biggest, that we needed to wait until he is 3 to give him peanuts to try to prevent that allergy. I guess the more exposure, the more likely they are to develop it and he's already showing a response to it. So, no peanuts or tree nuts of any kind for Cameron for a couple years.

Cameron also had his Synagis injection this last week and did well. He hates the shot and screams as soon as a doctor comes in. But, he gained almost a pound since last month. He hasn't had weight gain in a while, so that was great news!

Today was supposed to be nice, but it rained until after lunchtime. So, we decided to cancel our frisbee-golf plans and stay inside. The weather turned sunny by afternoon, so we took Cameron biking in the trailer that attaches to Zach's bike. Unfortunately, Cam has been throwing up today. He woke up from his nap this afternoon throwing up. He's not acting sick, it's just like it was a couple weeks ago. Both days he had fish for lunch. So, we are thinking he shouldn't have that anymore. He didn't test allergic to fish though. He loves to eat it, but a few hours later, it doesn't settle well. At least, that's what we think it is. He has had fish many other times and not been sick though, so maybe it's the combination with something. We're not really sure. He did have tartar sauce today, maybe it's that? Anyway, I don't think he's sick, I think it's just the food, but the poor thing has been sick a lot today, gone through many outfits and so has mom and dad.