I'm a Believer!

If you haven't tried Boogie Wipes....go out RIGHT NOW and buy some. These things are awesome at getting those crusty boog's off your kids nose. (Yes, they work better than baby wipes) They have Saline in them, so it breaks up the dried snot & boogers...gross! Not to mention, they smell awesome!

(Fingers Crossed)

Last night marked night TWO of Reese sleeping through the night again! No coughing, no puking, and no teething pain. HOORAY! I'm crossing my fingers in hopes that his cough is deciding to take a break...better yet, take a hike!

Just Because.........

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Last night was ROUGH. I had a test at school at 5, then had to go to the library for a filing quiz (LAME!). I got home right at 8PM. Reese had already been put to bed....apparently he was super cranky. I ate dinner, and hung out with the fam for awhile. It was about 9:30 and I was getting ready to head to bed. Reese is screaming crying...

I go in there to see whats wrong and hes just sobbing. I bring him out in the living room. (If he cries too much, he gets over stimulated and it makes him cough, even more than he already does...which is exactly what happend.) So before I could get him over to the sink, because I already know whats about to happen, he starts projectile vomiting all over me, and all over the floor. This has become a weekly occurrence for our house, and I dont like it. Not because I cant stand the puke, but because I can see how much this cough is hurting him.

Im hoping that this will be gone by the end of this weekend, but I'm not holding my breath.

Just Because....

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Diners Drive Ins & Dives on Food Network. Needless to say, I was pretty excited when we ran into Guy Fieri in Vegas at Toby Keith's Bar & Grill :)

**AHEM**

The dreaded cough is back. Actually, it has been for a couple weeks now. Mad props to Reese, because he puts up with it so well. If that was me, coughing day in and day out, I would go crazy.

After searching the whole first year of his life for a doctor that would diagnose him, we found Dr Deeths. She is AMAZING. (thanks Katrina!)

She diagnosed him with Tracheomalacia. This is when the cartilage in the windpipe (trachea) has not developed properly. Instead of being rigid, the walls of the trachea are floppy. Because the windpipe is the main airway, breathing difficulties begin soon after birth...hence, the weird cough that just WOULDNT go away.

He also has Asthma and chronic inflamed lungs on top of the Tracheomalacia, which makes breathing even more difficult for him, especially when his lungs get inflamed from allergies or over stimulation. Although it worries me that he has to go through all this, I'm happy that we have FINALLY gotten a proper diagnosis.

So for now, we continue with our breathing treatment regimen: Once in the morning with a steroid, twice during the day with saline, and once before bed. All in all, he's pretty good with the treatments. I think he just deals with them because he knows it will make him feel better. I was told that he could possibly grow out of it by age two, so thats what we're rooting for...