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A month of updates!
Connor had his 4 month doctor visit on April 30th. He weighed 10lbs 14 oz and is starting to reach the growth charts! He is in the 5th percentile for height, so we were excited to get on the charts. Dr. Beatty was happy with Connor's progress. Connor endured another series of vaccinations which is never a fun day, but he did very well.
We also started him on rice cereal which has been a fun adventure. He does not understand the eating from a spoon. It is funny because he tries to swallow with his mouth open and loses most of the cereal. He gets the cereal once a day and some days he cries the whole time so he doesn't really take any.
He is smiling and talking a lot now. He is almost rolling over, but that arm seems to get in the way. He grabs his toys and loves to play. Another funny thing about Connor these days is that he loves being naked! Whenever he gets his clothes changed or is getting ready for a bath, he is so happy. He smiles and coos at the cats too. He is still waking up at least once a night for feedings.
We have made two weekend trips with Connor this month too which have gone pretty well. We drove to Burlington, IA and stayed at Fun City for a wedding. The following weekend we traveled down to Springfield, MO for Aunt Becky's graduation. We drove at night which made the ride very easy. On the way home we stopped in St. Louis to visit the Zoo with Aunt Becky, Grandma and Grandpa and Great-Grandma Holmes.
Connor had his first ear infection last week. He had it in both ears, so he was not a happy boy.
We also started him on rice cereal which has been a fun adventure. He does not understand the eating from a spoon. It is funny because he tries to swallow with his mouth open and loses most of the cereal. He gets the cereal once a day and some days he cries the whole time so he doesn't really take any.
He is smiling and talking a lot now. He is almost rolling over, but that arm seems to get in the way. He grabs his toys and loves to play. Another funny thing about Connor these days is that he loves being naked! Whenever he gets his clothes changed or is getting ready for a bath, he is so happy. He smiles and coos at the cats too. He is still waking up at least once a night for feedings.
We have made two weekend trips with Connor this month too which have gone pretty well. We drove to Burlington, IA and stayed at Fun City for a wedding. The following weekend we traveled down to Springfield, MO for Aunt Becky's graduation. We drove at night which made the ride very easy. On the way home we stopped in St. Louis to visit the Zoo with Aunt Becky, Grandma and Grandpa and Great-Grandma Holmes.
Connor had his first ear infection last week. He had it in both ears, so he was not a happy boy.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
15 weeks and an ambulance ride
You read that right; Connor got to take his first trip (and I hope his only trip) in an ambulance last night! What a night/day it has been. We woke up last night at 2am to Connor coughing and crying. When we went in his room we could see that he was struggling to breath and sounded like he was choking and wheezing. John turned him over and was patting his back while I quickly dialed the doctor to find out what we should do. The nurse on call had me put the phone up to Connor and told me that we should take him straight into the bathroom with the shower on hot to create steam while we dial 911 because he was going to need immediate breathing treatment. I dialed 911 and there was someone at the front door within 2 minutes! It was a police officer followed quickly by 2 paramedics within a minute. They looked over Connor and had me take him in the ambulance while the paramedic administered a vapor breathing treatment to help him breath. He was crying, so at least he was still breathing, but it was pretty scary.
John followed us to OSF and we were admitted to the emergency room right away. In the emergency room Connor was coughing very deeply, wheezing and crying. He had a chest x-ray and a steroid treatment for Croup. The doctor's have diagnosed him with croup: "an inflammation of the larynx (voice box) often caused by a viral infection during a cold or viral upper respiratory infection." We were taken from the emergency room to the pediatric floor around 5am. He received another breathing treatment this morning and it seems to be helping because he is sleeping right now with no noises. The doctors said that it will probably last a few more days with the flair ups being mostly at night time. John was able to run home this morning and get a few things (including the computer so I could blog and upload photos with this super-fast Internet while Connor is sleeping.)
Connor in his hospital gown after the breathing treatment
Connor's hospital stay 4/17/10
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