Sick Boy

A few weeks ago, Lyndon got sick. He has been coughing and has had a runny nose ever since. I bet you can guess who has the bug now. Yep, My precious 2 1/2 month old.

At 3 AM yesterday morning, Alden was in his bedroom in his crib sleeping. I woke up because I could hear him coughing. He coughs sometimes in his sleep and will drift back off. I layed there for 30 seconds listening to the monitor. He kept coughing. I nudged Lyndon and woke him up and said that Alden was coughing more than normal. 15 seconds after that he made a horrible gagging noise. Lyndon and I both jumped out of bed and ran into his room. I pulled him out of his crib while he was still gagging and Lyndon grabbed the nose sucker that they gave us at the hospital. I started hitting his back and Lyndon tried sucking out his mouth. A few seconds later, he threw it all up. It was mucus and formula. We sucked out his nose and mouth and I brought him into our bedroom. I told Lyndon I wasn't comfortable leaving him in his room the rest of the night so we set up the bassinet by our bed. I was up all night checking on him.

Yesterday afternoon, I called his pediaticians office because he was still really congested and snotty. I was sucking his nose out at least every 15 minutes and getting a ton every time. They said that I can't give him anything to relieve the congestion because he is too young.

All yesterday and today I have a humidifier going constantly in our living room and his mattress is propped up so he won't gag if he coughs or has drainage. Today, he is doing much better. I'm still sucking out lots of gunk from his nose, but he isn't choking as often.

I know he isn't feeling well, because he isn't a binky sucker and he has been fussy so I gave him the one he used the few weeks he was alive and he's been sucking on it all day.

Hopefully, he gets better and nothing else will happen. Cross our fingers.