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Mr. Smiley has Two Teeth
Mr. Brody is all smiles these days. He has two teeth! He's "driving" in his walker. His feet almost touch the floor now. He is 17 pounds and 26 inches long. He can roll around the room and it won't be long before he crawls. He is curious about everything and learning lots every day. He likes it when people read him books. He started this "spitting" thing where he purses his lips together and blows. He is eating formula, cereal, fruits, and vegetables. He isn't such a fan of the vegetables, but we get them in him by giving him drinks of formula between bites. He's on stage one foods for now, but soon we will be moving up.
He's still on the oxygen. We went to a lung specialist who said it would be at least through the end of winter, maybe June before he gets rid of it. He was in the hospital this past week, Tuesday through Thursday. It was the third time since late December and the pediatrician said we can expect more this winter. The first two times were for bronchiolitis and this latest time the doctors in St. Cloud are now calling athsma. Although it is basically asthma, the lung specialist said he doesn't call it athsma in children like Brody because they are growing new lung tissue until they are three and he'll probably grow out of it. The scarring of his lungs from birth (being exposed to air too early) will eventually become a "patch" of scarring once his lungs grow and the good tissue overtakes the bad. We have a nebulizer control plan that has zones of green, yellow, and red. When he is in the green zone, he is breathing normally and we give him two nebulizers per day of Pulmacort. When he is in the yellow, it means he has the first sign of a cold or he is breathing harder than usual. Then we go to nebulizers of Albuterol every four hours, with the Pulmacort mixed in three times per day. When he gets to the red zone, he is wheezing and having difficulty breathing. At that point, we give him an oral steroid and call the doctor. Hospitilization is probable at that point.
He's still on the oxygen. We went to a lung specialist who said it would be at least through the end of winter, maybe June before he gets rid of it. He was in the hospital this past week, Tuesday through Thursday. It was the third time since late December and the pediatrician said we can expect more this winter. The first two times were for bronchiolitis and this latest time the doctors in St. Cloud are now calling athsma. Although it is basically asthma, the lung specialist said he doesn't call it athsma in children like Brody because they are growing new lung tissue until they are three and he'll probably grow out of it. The scarring of his lungs from birth (being exposed to air too early) will eventually become a "patch" of scarring once his lungs grow and the good tissue overtakes the bad. We have a nebulizer control plan that has zones of green, yellow, and red. When he is in the green zone, he is breathing normally and we give him two nebulizers per day of Pulmacort. When he is in the yellow, it means he has the first sign of a cold or he is breathing harder than usual. Then we go to nebulizers of Albuterol every four hours, with the Pulmacort mixed in three times per day. When he gets to the red zone, he is wheezing and having difficulty breathing. At that point, we give him an oral steroid and call the doctor. Hospitilization is probable at that point.
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