Awwww

Well, crazy medical hassles aside... WAS THERE EVER A CUTER BABY THAN THIS?

New digs and new dots

Zachy helps decorate his new room with re-stickable dots... we put a little room off of ours for the duration of our remodel, and we all like it a lot!

It's working!

At least the 7 medicines are helping. Dexter is doing a lot better! His doctor says his lungs are back up to 80%, which is great progress.

Pile it all on

Well, as much to ease my own nerves as anything else, I took Dex to the doctor today to listen to his breathing. As it turns out, the still-smiling Dexter had slightly lower than normal oxygen levels and wheezing. Given that he's been caught wheezing twice at such a young age, the doctor recommends treating this aggressively. Apparently this approach helps him later on, too. So the good-natured Dexter had a chest x-ray (smiling the whole time, in contrast to his brother, who would scream and cry hysterically) and a nebulizer session (during which he fell asleep). His wheezing went away, but he still has to have oral steroids.

Oh, and because of the antibiotics, he has thrush.

So now, in addition to the list below, he ASLO has:
AM: Nystatin, Orapred, Pulmicort and Xopanex
PM: [same]

Mirage gone

Well, back to normal. Zach woke up twice last night and Dexter once. [sigh]

I will say this: Zach still has reflux, it turns out, and putting him back on Prevacid again has helped tremendously. He was waking up many times a night crying -- and now that has stopped.

Both kids are going on their third week of sickness, and despite antibiotics, have viral symptoms that continue. Phlemy coughs, dripping noses, difficulty breathing -- oh, the party we're having over here!

I will now itemize the meds I give the children:

Zach:
AM: Flovent steroid inhaler, amoxicillin
PM: Flovent steroid inhaler, Xopanex rescue inhaler, Singulair, Prevacid, amoxicillin

Dexter:
AM: Zantac, amoxicillin, Xopanex inhaler
PM: Zantac, amoxicillin, Prevacid, Xopanex inhaler

Okay let me think hard here for a CTotD (cute thing of the day) ...
Zachy has been climbing into Dexter's crib with him, and lying down on the floor with him, and the two giggle and smile together. This is brand new!

Not cute exactly, but for

Not cute exactly, but for us, Earth-shattering: Zach has slept the whole night uninterrupted for the past five days.

Cute thing of the day

I think I'll start a smaller, faster content stream focusing on one cute thing per day from the boys. I think I'll make a sidebar for this content. Like the idea?

Today's cute thing of the day: Zachy woke up for the third day in a row saying, "Grandma coming to visit you. Make cookies."

Update

A few things of note before I go to sleep:
- Magic Eraser really is magic. It took ALL of the Sharpie pen off our microwave, Cuisinart, counter, cabinet and, most impressive, off of our white KitchenAid mixer! Thanks, Jen!
- Zachy had his first few telephone conversations last week. He first called Gramily to say Hi to the answering machine. Then he called Dada and told him about garbage trucks, asked him if he could see cranes and diggers at work, and said he's see him later.
- Both boys still have colds. Not bad ones, but Zachy is coughing tonight.
- Dex' pedi GI says he's doing fine, not to worry too much about the dual medicines he has going, and to try not sleeping on the wedge. He loves not sleeping on the wedge! Woohoo! Darn it, he looks so much more comfortable now, when he sleeps. All peaceful and cute.
- Zach's asthma specialst recommends weaning him down off his big guns steroid inhaler to a smaller dose, and removing the Singulair too. To see what happens. But then we bump him up again if he gets sick, and again in September for cold season.
- Did cold season extended this year? Seems like a lot of colds going around.

Sharpie surprise

I turn around for a second, and look what Zachy does with permanant marker! The nearby appliances fared a little better, but not great.

Sock rolls

Sweet Dex's legs are so chubby that his socks roll over!.