Since we've been home, I've had hardly any time to post. Seriously .... Aiden is an absolute joy! Let me just say that! :) But bless his little heart he's had a difficult week. Last week he had a runny nose, by Friday he wasn't feeling well. Went to the doctor, said he was wheezing and needed a breathing treatment. Okay, not quite sure how that was going to go over. Annnddddd it didn't go well at all!! He screamed the whole time with those big fat tears streaming down his face! I was holding him and the nurse was trying to get him to breathe in the mask. Aiden hates it when I even try to wipe his mouth after eating! Yes, it was good he was screaming so the medicine would get all the way down in his lungs, but it was 6 minutes of screaming, tears, and gagging from all the snot in his nose and throat! Torture! :(
So we were to go back the following Monday. Still wheezing so the doctor said he needs a nebulizer. I said what's that? Yeah.... duh! We came home with a breathing machine and a bottle of liquid steroids, plus he's still on the antibiotic. So I'm the torturer now. Between shoving medicine down his throat 2 and 3 times a day with two different medicines and holding a mask with clouds of medicine coming out over his mouth, it's no wonder he's not feeling well. All that is too much to handle, plus mom here is exhausted. I'm thinking the meds make him feel bad, he is super duper clingy after lunch till bed time every day this week. I know steroids are supposed to make him hyper. It seems the opposite, maybe it's just that he gets hyped up for about 20 minutes, then it seems like he crashes. It wouldn't be so bad if he still accepted the carrier, but he doesn't, doesn't like it at all now. When he wants to be held, I have to be standing up, I can't sit down, so my back has been hurting a bit lately. He weighs 25 lbs now and did I tell you I'm 40?! This back isn't what is used to be! Ibuprofen please, thank you! :)
The doctor still isn't sure if it's just his new environment or could possibly be seasonal allergies causing the breathing problems. So I heard the good ole, "we'll have to wait and see". Today has been better though. We didn't go outside, although he wanted to, and it would have helped when he got really fussy, but then I would have had to give him a treatment, like I had to do yesterday. So yeah, it's looking like it's a seasonal thing! Dang it! :( I got word to a friend of mine that I needed her expert advice with the breathing problems. Man, she was a big big help. I was using a warm mist humidifier .... wrong. My friend said I should be using a cool mist humidifier. The first night I put it in Aiden's room, he woke up the next morning clear and not wheezing! Awesome! And yes the Saline helps too! Thank you Rhonda! :)
On top of all this we had to schedule our first Post Placement visit. This is when our Social Worker comes to pay us a visit and check up on how Aiden is doing. It went well to say the least. Aiden did very well, I was afraid he wouldn't feel good and want me to hold him. Actually, just the opposite. He sat in my lap in the floor for a few minutes then got up and started playing and put on a little show for our SW. WTG Aiden! He's turned into a little ham when a few people are around! :)
So all in all, this has been a rough crazy week. I am literally exhausted at night. On a more positive note, Aiden does not cry anymore when I put him down to bed. I thought maybe it was just because he's not been 100%, but he's been quiet at bedtime all week! And, it's a very calm quiet when I put him down, so I know he's okay. I still hear him cry/cryout during the night just about every night, but he will go back to sleep pretty quick. I'm just happy he's okay when I lay him down. :)
