well we've now been home for 5 days and it's been quite a ride so far! poor cruz came down with what we thought was a nasty cold and fever on sunday night. as of today, he still hadn't shaken it and we were already scheduled to go to the doctor for his 9-month checkup, so the doctor fully examined him. he thinks cruz has RSV! they did numerous tests and checks on him and even put him on a nebulizer for a while. his white counts came back normal, but his heart rate was really high...high enough that the doctor was trying to decide if he should send us home or straight to childrens hospital in saint paul! he decided to give us a prescription and sent us home with instructions to give cruz a dose of ibuprofen and his first dose of the antibiotic and then put him down for a nap. after his nap we were to bring him back to the doctor's office where he would then check his heart rate and oxygen level again. he ended up sleeping from about 5:00 until 6:30 and when he woke up he was much more himself again! we took him back to the doctor's office and he rechecked him and both his heart rate and oxygen levels were significantly better. thank you god! he does want to see him again on friday morning just to make sure everything is still looking ok, but thankfully we didn't have to make a trip to saint paul tonight. cruz is certainly training us in quickly!
other highlights of the week:
auntie melissa and jeff stayed overnight on friday night and heath made us all yummy breakfast burritos on saturday morning. on sunday afternoon, mel came back to hang out with us (well, really to hang with cruz!) and stayed with us til monday afternoon. monday morning, our friends courtney and val stopped to meet cruz on their way home from laughlin and our friend kevin dropped off a johnny jump up for cruz to borrow (thanks avery!). on tuesday grandma and grandpa johnson came up to spend the day and today our friend cyndi brought lunch over. despite cruz being sick, we've had a pretty fun week!
oh, before i forget, the doctor also gave us updated stats on cruz. at 9 months he is 17 lbs 10 oz. and 27" long! these numbers put him between the 5th and 10th percentiles...he's now on the charts! yippee!
a few pics from week one:
hanging with tia mel:
snuggling with grandma johnson:
daddy's back in the kitchen!
our beautiful welcome flowers, signs & balloons!
good night!
Oh my gosh Angie! I'm so sorry your first few days home have been so stressful for you:( I hope Cruz is feeling better! I was just going to email you today to ask how his check up went and then I read this. Thank goodness you're home and not trying to deal with this while still living in a hotel room in a different country;) Keep me posted please! I'll be thinking about you guys!
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