Sluggish Start

Well, it's been a sluggish start to the New Year for Jacob. We learned Saturday morning that he was in the beginning phases of RSV, which is a pretty bad respiratory virus for infants, if you don't already know. We had both noticed our usual jovial tot wasn't so much in recent days. Saturday morning he screamed bloody murder when I put him down for a nap, which was really odd. So I called the local urgent care clinic and we went right away...only to learn this news.

Last night was rough for all of us. Jacob woke up every two to three hours. Babies with RSV truly have trouble breathing. Thererfore, you literally have to sleep with child on you while sitting upright. I handled most of that chore because I can sleep through anything. But Suzanne could not go to sleep worrying about the both of us.

This explains the lack of posts in recent days. One of us has pretty much held him the entire time over the last three or four days. And when he's not clinging to us, he's sleeping in this awkward position.

 

Needless to say, we could use the thoughts and prayers. Many, many children go through this and there are certainly worse illnesses, but this is no fun! We are used to our always happy boy and even though he tries hard to crack a smile every now and then, it's usually in between coughs, sneezes, yelps, grunts, etc. We did go to the doctor again this morning and seems he's fighting through it pretty well. And I have my fingers crossed...he's been asleep for about three hours, the last two of which have been in his car seat next to our bed.

Meantime, I have gotten caught up with pictures from Christmas, so enjoy those posts below. I will try to update as much as possible, but if you get anxious, I will likely be talking to my mom every day via phone or work e-mail and she may have more insight than this blog. And I'm sure she will love me for revealing this fact to the public!