Eyes Sorta Update

October 2, 2008
Poor J - still groggy and cranky from the drugs, no bath for 2 days, eyes swollen and caked with ointment and still groggy from the drugs - not her best moment but out of my deep sense of responsibility to the blogging world, she had to endure an early morning photo session so I could report it like it is. Not happy with mamma. She's a little happier watching cartoons with her nemesis. (We could be a commerical for Wubba-Nubs.)

My brother, sister-in-law and niece from Japan are here visiting this week. Thank goodness for Cece. Jaden loves her and seems to remember her from Japan. I was able to leave J with her late yesterday afternoon when I took Mikey to a pulmonology appointment.

Mikey - now there's a high maintenance kid for you. You may recall he's been off/on sick since we were in Taiwan. I've tried everything in my arsenal of Mikey-meds but nothing has been working. He still gag/coughs all night and even vomited on my bedroom floor the night before. So I made a last minute appointment for him with the intention of getting to the bottom of this. I filled the doctor in on what was happening concluding with, "So I'd like to know if he's sick, has allergies or is experiencing asthma." I spread out the 3 different inhalers I have and presented a list of the oral medications I'd administered as of late. He left the room and returned with:

2 more inhalers

2 more oral meds

1 order for a chest x-ray (due to his former-preemie-with-crappy-lungs status)

All of this on top of Jaden's eye ointment and thyroid medication. Isn't it enough that we have to give them vitamins and brush their teeth? (thought - I should have become a pharmacist with my oh-so-useful chemistry degree)

Breathing/vomiting/gagging difficulties aside, Mikey's having a ball with his cousins, Rusty and Kayla, all within 3-6 months of each other in age. I'd be dead if I had triplets.