Wheezy. (still)

We went back to the pediatrician for the third week in a row. The steroid nebulizer treatments are helping a little, but the wheezing was just getting ridiculous. AGAIN the RSV and flu tests came back negative, but I needed more than a "well I guess he's just a wheezy baby, keep it up with the breathing treatments" sort of answer.

Corbin has had NO other symptoms of illess. NONE. No fever. No runny nose. He just wheezes and coughs. A lot.
We were sent to the hospital for X rays. Pur pediatrician wanted to rule out the possibility of pneumonia or a "foreign object" in his lungs.

Ummm...FOREIGN OBJECT?! AhhH! My kids RULE the "foreign object" kingdom right now!
X rays were taken.

(not my hairy hand)

I can't believe how blessed we are to have such a sweet baby. He was perfect while they held him down and positioned his body in weird positions for imaging.

The X ray results for came back negative (as expected) and it looks like our little guy has asthmatic bronchiolitis. Unfortunately, that means he will be wheezy for as long as 6 weeks. Fortunately, well for starters...no pneumonia! No contagious illness that can be passed to his sisters or other children. I guess that is the silver lining. I do love to just be at home sometime, but seriously? Housebound for 6 weeks would not be good for anyone's sanity. I can only imagine the projects I would start!

He is already starting to sound better than he was a few days ago. Yay for that, too!
Crazy week! I am so glad the season of gratitude is here. I need to remind myself of all that I have to be grateful for. Today, I am grateful for hospitals, experienced medical professionals and health insurance.
What's on your list?