sick again!

At the beginning of last week, shortly after he recovered from diarrhea, Miller began to sound congested and developed a cough. Our house is really drafty and because of the record subzero temperatures, the heater was coming on a lot. We decided to get a humidifier for Miller's room, hoping that it would help with his congestion.

Miller's elephant humidifier.

Over the weekend, he began to sound worse, so on Monday I decided to take him to the doctor. He was very wheezy and had a breathing treatment in the doctor's office. His oxygen was still 98%, which is good. The nurse did a nasal swab and he was diagnosed with RSV. For those of you who don't know, RSV is a respiratory virus that often manifests as a mild cold in adults and older children but can be much more severe in infants and younger children. It causes breathing difficulties and nasal secretions and often requires hospitalization and oxygen in addition to breathing treatments to dilate the airways. We now have to do albuterol breathing treatments at home three times a day. He screamed and cried during his breathing treatment at the doctor's office. He still doesn't like the treatments, but he doesn't cry anymore. He just tries to turn his head away or eat the mask.

Miller getting his breathing treatment. We hope he feels better really soon!