Week 2...

Hard to believe that we are at the end of week 2! This has been a frustrating week...Noah got sick on Sunday and it almost immediately went to his lungs. Poor guy has been coughing and wheezing non-stop. Round the clock breathing treatments and steroids for him! After still not getting any relief, they got us into the after hours clinic to discover that he has two pretty significant ear infections. They went ahead and started him on another antibiotic. The next day he was back into the Dr for a possible UTI. He is having lots of abdominal pain and what appears to be painful urination. They did a quick xray to check his bowel and all looked well. He is already on the antibiotic, so we are waiting for him to improve!
As for feeding changes...now that we know that 4 oz per meal is Noah's limit, they have really been trying to boost his food as much as possible to get as many calories into each meal. This backfired and he started to retain a lot of fluid and all but stopped peeing. At home, we boosted with things like tahini, oils, peanut butter, cream cheese, etc, so they have stopped boosting with formula and gone back to the those for now. He has lost quite a bit of weight and they have suggested we go back to bolus feeding along with his meals during the day. I am hoping that over the weekend he will start to feel alot better and hopefully start to pee off some of this extra fluid. When we go home after next week, we will still attempt to give him both spoonable and chewable foods with each meal, it's just going to be a wicked circle of weight gain and calorie balance. The chewable foods are really just for practice and most of his calories will come still come from the spoonable foods, but not necessariy the texture of a puree.
Since Noah loves to share, he was happy to share his germs with his little brother, sending him to the Dr this week as well. Same respiratory stuff along with allergies. Thank you Grandma B for taking him to the Dr! Since Noah and I are coming home next week, I think we are just going to stay down here for the weekend. It's such a long drive and with both kids not feeling well, I don't think either one would do well in the car! Zane seems to be healthy and is having a great time with MiMi and Pappy right now! I am so extremely ready for us all to be under the same roof again! I don't know why, but this trip seems to be longer than the 8week clinic we did last year!
Despite all the sickness and germs, we were able to get out and have some fun this week. The Vanderburgh county 4-h fair was going on so we went out to see the tractor pull with some of the therapists from clinic and their familes. Noah LOVES tractors, so was in hog heaven (no pun intented, there were actual hogs there too:). After so many days of tears, it was great to see a smile on his face again!
Not sure what next week will bring, I would imagine if he doesn't feel any better, we will pack up and come home early. Time will tell!