'Roids

You may find Elijah pumping iron at the gym in the next few days. Our baby is taking steroids. Dr. Judy thought it might help heal his wheezing lungs to give him a few doses of it over the next few days. He's doing a little better today overall. He still has a nasty, deep cough, and isn't completely back to his usual spunky self, but he's on his way. We are also giving him nebulizer treatments every four hours to keep the airways in his lungs opened up. Yesterday he got another xray of his chest and his lungs looked clear, thank God, so we know we're on the road to recovery! He is still throwing up a bit, we think due to the extra phlegm getting down into his tummy. Last night he threw up his dinner bottle and was pretty fussy and upset, but today he's been eating like a piggy and keeping everything down. He even ate solid food for the first time in a few days! He's finally starting to sleep a little better at night, only waking up a couple of times. Dan has been amazing this week. He's been up with Elijah a lot at night and he has watched him all day every day...he is a tired daddy. I made him take a nap this morning while Elijah and I played downstairs.

Today Elijah is 8 months old! Happy eight months, my precious boy. We love you so much!


Spunky Elijah--last weekend, before the sickness hit


A smile I got out of him this morning.



He's feeling good enough to attack the camera lens cap