RSV, RSV, RSV

Jack, Ollie, and now Milo, all definately have RSV. It has been a very long a tiring week! Oliver started out with pneumonia and I knew he wasn't getting better. Jack for almost 2 weeks now has refused to get out of his bed. Neither of them will eat. Not even tomatoes, and if you know my boys that will shock you. They both have the worst sounding coughs and Jack coughs so hard he throws up. Not just once in a while, but every time he coughs. I took both of them into the doctor on Monday but by the time we got there of course they both stopped coughing. I was sure they were going to send me home and tell me I am way too paranoid. Instead we got sent to the emergency room at Primary's because Jack's oxygen was low. (flashback from 3 years ago) Our doctor also found he has an ear infection. Luckily after being given steroids and a breathing treatment his oxygen came back up. He had some x-rays done and sure enough he also has pneumonia. Suprisingly we were able to go home. But unlucky for Milo that means exposure to 2 boys wih RSV and pneumonia. 3 days later we returned to our pediatrician and sure enough Milo has caught RSV. Since there is no treatment for it we just have to tough it out. This is a much different scenario than it was 3 years ago and I am very thankful all the boys are able to keep their oxygen up and stay out of the ICU.

Also, we had to re-schedule (again) Jack's MRI since he is so sick. The new date is February 25th. Hopefully he will be better by then. He also had his appointment with the geneticist. He is positive Jack does have Russel Silver Syndrome but is unsure the growth hormones will work on him. Apparently 90% of kids with this do not respond to the hormones. So now we have to convince medicaid to approve 6 more "unnecessary" tests to find out if they will work.

I absolutely love that Jack and Ollie are best friends. They love each other, and more than that they love getting into trouble together. If one of them is doing something bad, I can always count on the other one being the partner in crime. The other day I walked into the bathroom and discovered that they had found Sammy's bottle brush cleaner and they were scrubbing the toilet (and walls, and floor, and rug, and each other) with it. So gross. They were both giggling so hard about it that I couldn't even try to get mad and ended up laughing with them. Then Jack announces he needs to go potty and like always, he wants me to go out and Ollie to stay with him. So I leave and a few minutes later the laughing begins again. Sammy then informs me that Jack is yelling "Scram" to Ollie. So I go in to check on them and this is what I found:

Delayed

Jack was supposed to have his MRI done this morning, but of course last night he got sick. I was hoping he would be okay by morning but he only got worse. I called the doctors office this morning to see if he would still be okay to have it done but they said no. He has a fever and a cough, and when he coughs hard he always throws up. I guess it is too risky to do an MRI while he is sick since he has to be sedated for the test. So we had to reschedule for next Friday. I will let you all know how it goes next week!