Strep No 8 and a cough

Last week Broc and his brother came down with really high fevers.I took them to the dr and they both have strep throat.They were both put on antibiotics and the fevers came down.Broc's took a little longer to come down about 5 days.

Over the weekend they both develope really bad coughs and the ped said that it is normal after and infection like that.We gave them honey and Mark was able to have a decongestant too that seemed too help him get better.I was doing saline treatments for Broc and honey too but he was just getting worse.

We called the ped and he said that he should have an x-ray to make sure that he doesn't have fluid on his lungs.We had the x-ray taken and were told to stay and wait.Never before had they told me that so that sent up red flags for me.The dr called them back and said that he has RAD Reactive Airway Disease which is a form of asthma. He is on breathing treatments now until his surgery in 2 weeks. There are so many things happening to our poor little guy.It is such a fight as he does not like the treatments at all.

We are hoping that he gets better soon so that he can have the surgery and hopefully stay healthy for a while.

Eating only a little

Since Brocs last cath his eating has really gone down and actually before that too now that we think of it.We have discovered that his heart is not pumping enough blood to his stomach to digest his food so his whole digestive system has slowed down and can only do as much as it can with the amount of blood it is given.

So instead of eating like a horse like he used to he eats only half or less the amount of food that he normally eats.He has to eat all day but very small amounts.His drs are worried about his calorie intake and not so much the nutrient part.

He ate shrimp last night until he fell asleep. Broc gets to eat anything that gives him lots of calories.Ice-cream,milk shakes things like that.