So the weekend was no big deal, they just put him on the drugs and on the nebulizer treatments and watched him to make sure nothing serious happened. They sent us home on Saturday and as we've finished the course of the drugs he has been totally fine.
We had to bring him in for a follow-up on Thursday to our regular pediatric office. Our doctor was out of town so we saw someone else. Since she didn't know our history she was looking on the computer to see what they did in the hospital over the weekend and she says, "So it looks like they diagnosed him with asthma..." Chris and I looked at each other all confused and told her that no one ever said that to us. We've actually been told specifically several times at different places that they won't diagnose asthma until a child is about 10 years old, because it is something that has to observed over time. The doctor talking to us then told us that typically when a child is this young they call it "reactive airway disorder." She also said that when kids have this problem this young they almost always grow out of it. Whereas if they don't have breathing problems until after they are about 3, they are more likely to have asthma their whole life. So that is encouraging that he will likely grow out of it.
Well here are a couple of pictures from the latest hospital stay, hopefully we won't have more anytime soon!
Here's Elijah getting himself all tangled up in his wires, as usual...
Giving mommy some good lovings :-)
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