We went to the pediatrician yesterday because Jake was coughing a lot. His nose has been running, but he went to the dr 2 weeks ago and was already on antibiotics, so I didn't rush to take him in.
Dr Nail said that his ears looked fine, but his lungs were a little raspy. He prescribed breathing treatments every 4-6 hours. This doesn't go over very well at all. We have a little nebulizer and have to add medicine to it and sit there and let him breath it in until it is gone (about 10-15 minutes). It is difficult enough to get a 16 month old to sit still for 10 minutes without having something up by his face!!
They did give us a little mask we could use, but that was a disaster when my mum and I tried it on Saturday, so Aaron and I have opted for the device without the mask. We go back to the Dr tomorrow to see how he is doing.
The unfortunate side to all of this is he is contagious. This really messes up our plans for Christmas. We were planning on spending Christmas Eve over at our brother-in-law and sister-in-laws house and then going to church. We will have to cancel that because cousin Troy is only 7 months old and we don't want to get him sick. We also won't get to see Great-Granny (Aaron's grandmother) because she also has a compromised immune system.
