Whew!

Hand, foot and mouth disease is the worst! Brody ended up getting it on Friday and it was by far the worst virus he's had. He was miserable and today is the first day that he isn't crying nonstop. Momma felt so helpless and didn't know what to do! Poor boy couldn't even swallow and we were having to syringe feed him water and meds around the clock. He could talk, sleep, eat :( At one point I broke down in tears because I felt so sorry for him. I hope we NEVER see that nasty virus again!

ENT Appt: took Jaxson in this morning and he does indeed need tubes, shocker! We scheduled it for July 7th. If you could please keep him in your prayers. We had a very rough time with Brody coming out of anthesia and I'm very worried about Jaxson and his breathing. I know he's in great hands but you hear about these freak things happening and with his rough start, well I just worry. Dr. P assured me that he is safer breathing while he does the tubes than he is in everyday life because of the amount of monitoring they do.

Until next time,
~The Macs~

Seriously!! Hand, foot, mouth disease

Jaxson has the virus called hand, foot, mouth disease which causes 2-3 days of fever followed by painful blisters and sores on his hands, feet and inside of his mouth. He was up literally all night screaming. It was awful and nothing could comfort him :( on the way to the doctor the sores began appearing and the doctor said his mouth and throat are covered. He also has an ear infection in his left ear and his right ear isn't looking good. He's been on augmentin for that since Sunday. I got his ENT bumped up to this Monday!!

Jax ~ 8 months

Happy 8 months sweet boy! I cannot believe that Jaxson is already 8 months, time really flies by with the second baby.

Jaxson is the happiest, sweetest boy that loves to cuddle and give kisses. He's really starting to take interest in crawling and right now he just rolls and scoots around but I have a feeling in the next month he will be chasing after big brother.

He's in size 3 diapers
6-9 month clothes
Favorites: big brother, banana's, squash and talking.

Last week he realized he had a voice and learned to use it. He squeals all the time now.

He's had 2 ear infections, one double, colds and thrush. Other than that he's been healthy as a clam.

We don't go back to the doctor until 9 months so I will have his stats then.

Doing better

Just wanted to give a quick update. Jaxson is doing so much better, the antibiotics got in his little system and did wonders. He is still on the thrush and Augmentin for a few more days. I am doing better as well although it's been a slower healing process. I'm on thrush antibiotics for 3 weeks! My milk supply took a drastic hit so now I will be working on building that back up.

Last week was rough but I am so thankful for the health of my family. I often think of others who have illnesses that they live with on a daily basis or those with terminal illnesses who are living day to day not knowing what tomorrow brings. Sure does put it in perspective. I try to live my life like that, soaking up the love of my boys and not getting mixed up in the daily grind that life brings. It's so easy to worry about the cleaning, laundry and dishes that you overlook what's most important. We try to do things after the kids are asleep at our house so that we can spend our "awake" time playing with them. No matter how tired or sick we are I try to enjoy every moment that God has blessed me with.

I will try and update with pictures this weekend
Love,
LeAnn

Thrush & Double Ear Infection

So 2 weeks ago I had the stomach bug and got really, really dehydrated. I probably should have gone to the ER but the thought of sitting in the waiting room hour after hour just wasn't appealinig to me. So I stuck it out and once I could hold something in worked on rehydration. My milk supply suffered greatly and Jax was nursing often. I tried formula but the little toot refused to drink the stuff.

So 3-4 days later I began having dried, cracked nips(for my records, stop reading now if you aren't interested in my personal stuff :). I assumed it was from the dehydration and Jax nursing often. So I busted out the Lanlioh, hoping that would help. At the same time Jaxson was getting a nasty cold. The pain kept getting worse and worse and Jaxson's cold wasn't getting any better. So on Tuesday we were both in extreme pain and I could barely nurse and he still was refusing formula. I also noticed that evening that he has white patches that looked like cold sores on the inside of his cheeks. There were only two spots that evening. I called the on call doctor because I knew that was a classic sign of thrush but she said it was just a virus that needed to run it's course.

That night Jax ran 101-102 fever and began seeping thick, sticky eye goop from his eyes and his nose was awful as well. So I made a doctor's appointment. We were both diagnosed with thrush. By Wednesday at 11:30 his entire mouth was covered with white spots and he was completely miserable.

Thrush in the mother is terrible. I seriously would rather go through birth than have this sort of pain. I cannot pump because it causes the cracks to open back up and bleed. It's just awful. Jaxson was miserable this morning but at lunch seemed to be better. He is on Augmentin for ears and D----- something for thrush. I too am on that and a cream. I'm hoping it kicks in very soon

If he gets another ear infection we will be heading to Dr. Palmer to see if he needs tubes.

First formula

This is more for my records than anything else but Jaxson is getting his first formula bottle today. I had a terrible stomach bug over the weekend that Jax had on Wednesday. I got so dehydrated that my milk supply has suffered and he's just starving! I'm hoping now that I can hydrate this will be his only formula bottle and my supply will quickly bounce back! I know it's a minor thing to worry about but my goal for both boys has always been 1 year and I don't want this to be the beginning of the end.

Life

We are doing great! Just counting down the days until summer break.

Jaxson had his first ear infection on Friday, Aprill 22nd. Brody and Jaxson were almost, to the day, the same age when they both got their first ear infections. I've learned my lesson and the doctor wanted to put Jax on amoxicillin but that never worked for myself nor Brody's ear infections so we put him on Augmentin. If he has another one in the next 2 months I'm going to go ahead and see Dr. Palmer our ENT to see if he will need tubes. He said you will either need them or not depending on the way your ears drain. I'm not going to go through months of my baby in pain and not being able to rid ear infections like we did with Brody.

Brody is putting 3-5 words together and talking in sentences. His vocabulary has exploded just in the past two weeks. My favorite is when he returns from someplace with Daddy and will come running into my and say "Momma, I'm baaaack!" or when Jaxson is fussy he will come up to him and say "Baby, what's the matter? You need meme(paci)?" and then proceed to give him his paci and rub him on the head until he stops crying. It's the sweetest thing ever. Jaxson LOVES his brother and has started giving him kisses and grabbing for Brody when he is near him. Brody loves it as well. This is something I've always dreamed of, having a sibling. And being able to see their relationship bloom is about the coolest thing an only child could witness.

Brandon is finally done with all sports! He is able to get home before us on most days and it's great having him around. Brody gets so excited and will start screaming "Dada's big truck" when we pull around the corner and he's already home.

I have some pictures to download, just haven't found the time. Hopefully I can get those up and posted soon.

I have several prayer request for family members:
Kristi, cousin in Ohio and mother of Addison(3) and Chase(1) breast cancer has returned. It's all over including her lungs, liver and brain. She is in need of a urgent prayers and God's healing. If you could please keep her and her family in your prayers.

Kari, cousin in Arizona and mother of 2 boys the same age as mine just got diagnosed for the 3rd time in her life with cancer. She previously had childhood bone cancer and she now has breast cancer.

Molly, cousin in Ohio was diagnosed a few months back with thyroid cancer and is undergoing treatment now.

Till next time,
LeAnn