Monday, February 1, 2010

Getting checked for the intermittent labored breathing

Jerry's breathing is concerning us more over the last few days. He has been kind of breathing odd at times since his virus after Christmas. It is subtle and then he runs around playing like nothing is wrong. Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will go see our friend/nurse practitioner Terri and see if she can identify anything to be worried about. If there is reason, we will get a chest x-ray. Terri and a few other friends were so helpful on the phone today as I pondered what could be wrong and let my mind wander back to unexpected hospital stays with minimal symptoms. presenting. Eating is not great the last few days but here is a video from a fairly good meal gone bad(caught the end of it). See, he really does know HOW to eat!


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Tuesday pm
Anyways, JJ checked out ok at the pediatrician. We did leave with an order for an x-ray to be done if we feel worried. It is like a broken record playing in my head (and in everyone’s ears)...Jerry was in bad shape a few times with little or no symptoms. When we went to the cardiologist when he was 3 weeks old, the cardiologist said he looked so comfortable, lungs sounded clear, EKG was ok, and that we could wait a few weeks to have the echo if we wanted. I requested to do it then...mostly because arranging care for Isaac was challenging. From the echo we went straight to PICU. He wasn't as good as he looked. Of course, now, his real significant original problem is fixed so likelihood of heart failure is so much less. So we will watch and wait to see. He seemed better this morning than other mornings so maybe we won't see it anymore.

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