Sorry for the late update this week. The time kind of got away from me. We were dealing with a sick Xander over the weekend and Monday. He had the same junk the other two had last week. A very high fever, 102's and 103's, but not really any other symptoms. He is a little congested and he keeps asking for "keeka" (Kleenex). I think he thinks this will help the stuffy nose, but it won't because he doesn't know how to blow. We've had a couple of sleepless and frustrating nights, but he is better today. We had a good week last week, despite the illnesses; storytime on Wed, museum class on Thursday, haircuts for the boys on Friday, a night out for mom and dad on Friday, too! Saturday, we took them to Valentino's buffet for dinner, and they were very good and ate a ton. Places like that should be sorry when they see us come in the door and kids 3 and under eat free! Sunday, after a long night with Xander, we slept in and didn't go to church. We decided spur of the moment that morning to invite our families over to watch the super bowl (bottom 3 pictures). They came, with tons of food. We made barbeque brisket, ate lots and watched the game. The kids had a bath at halftime (top picture), and went to bed in the 3rd quarter, so we watched the rest of the game in peace. It was a fun night. We laid low on Monday and Tuesday, still dealing with a sick and grumpy Xander.
This morning, we took Will to an asthma specialist. He classified Will's asthma as "severe, persistent". I wouldn't have said his asthma was severe, but he's the doctor and I'm not! He gave that diagnosis based on the number of times Will's had oral steroids in the past year and a half (at least 4, possibly more). He says it's severe and not controlled. So, one of our only (and the best) option is to continue on the nebulizer steroids, Pulmicort, that he is currently doing. He upped our dose to twice a day (which was originally prescribed, but I had been doing it only once a day because of the "devil child" side effects we get). He thought the side effects were because he was more sensitive to steroids given the amount of times he has had oral steroids. He was concerned about the side effects he may already have because of that many doses of oral steroids and says we need to have it all under control ASAP do he won't have to have any more. We go back in six weeks for a follow-up, and then may re-evaluate the twice a day Pulmicort. It depends on how he gets through his next few colds. If there is minimal coughing and no wheezing, then we are on the right track and may drop down to once a day for the warmer weather season. I just wonder how we'll make it through at least six more weeks of "Crazy Will".......I'll update you next week on how we're handling his alter ego!
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