Getting Better!

Nickolas is finally getting better! He was in such a good mood yesterday. For a couple of days it was hard to get him to smile or play with his toys. He is now doing all of the above! He still has a cough, but he is well on his way to recovery!! Yay!

A quick update

Nickolas went back to Children's last night. I had gone to Tiffany's because we were going to a friends house. When I got there they said they were taking him back to Children's. I held him for a few min while they got ready. It was so pitiful. He was crying and it didn't even sound like him. You could just tell he was so tired and miserable. He was having trouble breathing. I held him over the humidifier for a few min. I was trying all I could to sooth him..but nothing was working. I felt so helpless!! I just cried with him..I felt so bad. Tiffany put him in the bath tub with vapor rub soap..he loved it! He finally stopped crying. His eyes were so red and droopy. She dressed him and off they went! The doctor said he will have episodes where he has trouble breathing..don't be alarmed. He said he has the croup and it will work its course and he should feel better in a couple of days. They followed up with his pediatrician this morning. She gave him some steroids and told them he sounds worse than he actually is. Everyday he should feel better. Tiffany said the poor little guy slept all night last night and he doesn't feel like eating. I told Tiffany I don't know how she does it. I had never felt so helpless in all my life!! I was only with him for about an hour and they have been dealing with this for 3 or 4 days! I have realized that I may not be as strong as I thought I once was. :-) What has this baby boy done to me?!

My little Nickle has his first cold!!

They came over yesterday and he looked so pitiful. You can just tell in his eyes that he has a cold. I heard him cough for the first time yesterday. It was kinda cute, but mostly pitiful. He has had a runny nose for a couple of days, but yesterday it started getting worse. He is so congested. They took him to Children's this morning because he was having trouble breathing and his temp was 103.5! He received one breathing treatment. His temp went down but he had to stay there for 2 hours to make sure he was going to be well enough to go home. At the end of two hours he was checked again and then released to go home. The doctor told Tiffany he was really surprised they did not have to admit him. If his temp comes back, then they have to rush him back to the hospital. It's a viral infection, so no antibiotics!! He can take tylenol, and the doctor said they can crack a window and the damp air will make him feel better. They are watching him closely. Tiffany said he should be better in a couple of days. I don't like it when he's sick! :-( Hopefully he will feel better soon.

Cuteness

Here he is at Deidra's house. He was getting his outfit changed and Danielle and Tiffany were talking to him.

Fun times at Nana's

These pictures are from last Sunday. Everybody is all about him!! He was in a pretty good mood that day. :-)

Aunt Tonya!!

Smiling at Mommy...

Ruthie holding Nickolas...

Looking at Nana...

Chewing on Ruthie's hand. He loves to chew on your finger!! (clean finger, of course) :-) He can't get enough.

Ruthie is talking to him here. He loves it when you talk to him. It's too cute.

He also likes looking in the mirror.

Finally! I got his attention...it's so hard sometimes. He's such a boy..

:-)

What's been going on with Nickolas?

Last week Tiffany took Nickolas to see Ruthie and Grandpa. They are all about him!! Grandpa even fed him. So sweet. Then Tiffany and Wes left to get pizza and Nickolas stayed with them for about 30 min. Ruthie said he was so good. He watched TV with her and everything. He loves watching TV. Almost anything will hold his attention. Ruthie was holding him in her lap and talking to him. His eyes stared getting heavy. She had him sitting up in front of her with her hands around him. He fell asleep like that!! It was so funny. He has been sleeping in his crib for about a week now. He will lay on his activity mat and play for a long time. He will roll to his side and play even more. Tiffany said he fell asleep there...and she happened to fall asleep on the couch. She said she woke up to him playing with the toys hanging down. So cute.

He went back to the GI Doctor on Friday for a check up. His weight was 15lbs 10 oz. Everything is fine and he shouldn't have to go back there. Tiffany and Wes had started giving Nickolas cereal in his bottle. The GI Doctor told them to stop doing that, so they did. Well on Saturday he spit up all day! Poor little guy. Then on Sunday they noticed that he started spitting up blood. They took him to Children's and turns out everything is fine. They said his esophagus was raw from all the spitting up he was doing the day before. They gave him pedialyte and he ate 2oz of milk. After he didn't spit up, he was released. They said it would be fine to give him cereal in his bottle. Early this morning around 2:00 they took him to Children's because he had been crying a lot and he didn't sleep much yesterday. They drew blood from his arm and he didn't make a peep!! They had to put a catheter in to get a urine sample...he cried so loud for this!! They also had to do xrays....Tiffany stepped out, but Wes said he was fine and didn't cry at all. Turns out he has fluid on his ear, but not enough to receive medicine. Also, he is a little anemic. Could be why he was spitting up blood the other day. The xray showed he was constipated..so a little medicine and he was fine. By the time I talked to Tiffany around 7am, Nickolas was already fast asleep and they were on their way home. He will check up with his family doctor later. Poor little guy.

I think we should be all up to date again!! Every Sunday we get together at Mom's and Nickolas is always the center of attention. I know that I look forward to it all week. It is so neat how one little person can bring so many people together. Uncle Jason already wants to take him to the Aquarium in Gatlinburg. It's sweet.

Hanging out with Mommy and Aunt Tonya

I didn't keep him all day Thursday like I normally do. But, Tiffany brought him over later that night. I gave him a bath and put him in this cute outfit!! We went to Turkey Creek and received so many compliments on how cute he was. :-)

Blue Eyes!!

Sleepy Baby......