Sick again...

On Friday night my mom noticed that Cooper was really wheezing. His stridor has been a lot worse this past week too. When it was time for bed on Friday he had really started to wheeze. I was really worried about him, afraid he had perhaps aspirated. I would have put him on his monitor for the night, but the home health company had come to pick it up that day. This was really hard. Even though he had not worn it in almost a month, it was still in the bedroom. I knew it was there if I needed it. It was really hard to get rid of it; it had definitely become a crutch. So, needless to say, I didn't sleep so hot on Friday night. We took him into sick time on Saturday morning. The on-call doctor was the doctor who had originally seen and diagnosed Cooper with reflux in the hospital at 5 days old. We loved him, and he would have been Cooper's pedi if he had been taking new patients. The funny thing was, is he started asking us if we had considered the fundo and gave us a surgeon's name at Cook's who is very well trained in the laproscopic version of the surgery. He said he would of sent Cooper to her long ago. I told him Cooper was doing really well now, compared to before, and that the Elimination diet has seemed to really help. Also Cooper's weight was really great. He was weighed on a different scale and fully clothed, but he weighed 14lbs 5oz! I figure he's probably in the mid to high 13s. All of this made me wonder, if he would have been Cooper's pedi, would he have had the fundo at 2 months like the pulmonologist suggested? What would that mean for Cooper today? It is amazing how God works. As much as I love this particular pedi, I'm glad we haven't done the surgery. I know it is still possible that he may need it at some point, but I feel that things are pretty under control for now. I think that Cooper was protected from the surgery. God worked through our pedi in convincing us to hold off and give Cooper some time. Wow, how thankful I am for that. Anyway, turns out Cooper has a little cold, and his throat was really red. This exacerbates his laryngomalacia and his reflux and that is what is causing the wheezing. Luckily, his lungs sounded clear when the pedi listened to his chest. He is on an antihistamine and we have added back another reflux med just for a few days until he seems to be doing better. I am so glad it was nothing more serious. Now we just have to deal with the rough nights having a sickie in the house!