Remember how I commented on the boy's having colds in the last update? And, said they would likely do fine? Well, I was a little wrong. Henry has done fair. He's needing extra albuterol for coughing and wheezing, but is otherwise fine. Charles, on the other hand, is having a much harder time. I can't even begin to estimate how many times he's coughed since Saturday morning. It's incredible. He is going to have rock-hard abs by the time he gets well. We started him on prednisone last night as we're supposed to if he's not responding well to albuterol. Poor boy. Not only does it taste awful, and he has been taking it like a trooper, but it makes him so hyper. The only way I can describe Charles today is this: Imagine a 3 year old boy who has been sleep-deprived for 2 days-- a little cranky, whiney...I could go on and on-- and then imagine that every morning and night you let them drink a 24 ounce bottle of regular Mountain Dew. The one thing about prednisone and Charles is that it seems to put him in a fairly good mood. This offsets the crankiness from being sleep deprived from coughing all night long. However, it hasn't kicked in enough yet to lessen his coughing. But, I seem to have pumped him so full of albuterol that he was finally able to fall asleep at 9:15 pm. We'll see how long it lasts since I've heard 2 coughing jags since then.
Other than Charles, we're all doing fine. Andrew, so far, hasn't gotten sick. We are loving the warm weather, and I finally finished washing the winter coats, snowpants, etc. and putting them away.
Sorry I haven't had time to download any pictures. I'll try to do it in the next couple days.
Take Care!!!
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