Brody celebrated his four month birthday this past weekend as well as getting sick for the first time. It all started with a cough on Friday night. After hearing his cough, I quickly propped him up on a bobby pillow. The next day he was a little irritable, had trouble breathing, and did not eat very much. The not eating really showed Matt and I that he was not feeling well, because man can this kid throw down a bottle.
These symptoms continued throughout the weekend. Matt took Brody to the doctor on Monday. He had to perform two breathing treatments while at the doctor's office. We spent a small fortune on the prescriptions and our very own breathing machine. Our NEW breathing machine makes it very easy to do the breathing treatments at our house. We are doing these treatments every four hours, even during the night.
It is definitely harder for mommy and daddy when Brody is sick. He hates the breathing treatments and screams the entire time. We thought we would trick him last night by doing the breathing treatments while he was still asleep. But as soon as we turned on the machine and put the purple dragon mask to his face, his little eyes popped open in sheer horror. He then proceeded to scream, with tears, and tried to pull the mask away the entire time.
The doctor wants to see Brody next week to recheck his breathing. She told us not to be surprised that this breathing issue could continue throughout the winter. Hopefully not...
I hate this mask and the breathing treatments!!!
Please make it stop!!!
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