Soooo... after a 4-month break, we encountered Hunter's latest bout of respiratory distress and have made it through.
On Friday, 1/9, daycare called demanding I come pick up Hunter because he was running a very high fever. When I reached him, he was sitting in only his diaper, chugging down water like it was going out of style, and kickin' a 104.5 degree temp. I waited until Brad got home from work and then we ran over to Beaumont's After Hours Clinic. They diagnosed him with a throat infection and sent us home.
We spent all weekend battling high fevers, little sleep, a mom adamant that our recurring respiratory problems had reared their ugly head again and a very, very cranky baby before I took him in on Monday to the pediatrician. They confirmed he was in fact having respiratory distress. HWB and I spent all day on Monday lugging around Beaumont Hospital in search of nasal swabs, x-rays and other tests before finding out... nothing... they couldn't determine what the problem was...
I've made an appointment with the pediatric specialist for sometime next month (I say 'sometime' because they are in the process of moving offices and don't have an open date yet) to try and get some questions answered but overall, am drained and frustrated. I asked the pediatrician at what point we start questioning if these problems are due to environment moreso than health (is it our house? is he allergic to something? could it be chemically-based?) but think those questions will have to wait for the specialist.
A really, huge thank-you to my Mom for being so accessible and helpful -- she came two days last week to be with Hunter while Brad and I went to work. She and H had a blast with each other, and I was proud to receive hourly updates with photos as progress of how he was going. It made me think of my own baby-sitting days when I would document the day's activities on a log sheet for families. :)
I just don't know who was more tuckered out... Hunter, or my mom...
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