15 month check-up

Munchkin went in for his 15 month check-up today. He sure is a big boy! 28.5 pounds and almost 33 inches long!

The rash turns out to be eczema. We got a prescription for a cream to use when it flares up and I need to buy a different cream to use on his skin twice a day instead of regular lotion. Fun fun!

On the wheezing front I told the doctor how the nebulizer seems to be working much better than the inhaler did. However, when I told her (our doctor is a woman) how often we were using it (which I thought was pretty good compared to how often we used the inhaler) she told me he shouldn't be using it that much. Apparently he has more inflamation in his lungs than we originally thought. Therefore, he will now be using a preventative inhaler (flovent) every day. We'll still use the nebulizer when he wheezes, but the goal is that the flovent will eventually keep him from needing the nebulizer. Apparently he should only need the nebulizer a couple of times a month and we were needing it a couple of times a week! Yikes! I'm supposed to call back in a month and let her know how he's doing.

So there you go folks. That's how our appointment went today. We'll see the doctor again in three months. (Let's pray we don't need to see her again before that.)

On a different note, please pray for my grandpa B. He went out to eat lunch after church yesterday and passed out. The doctor sent him to the hospital in Lincoln. He already has a pacemaker. The did blood work last night and did an Echo cardiogram this morning and are currently doing a stress test. Please say a prayer. My mom says he is feeling good. She says he's been complaining about being hungry because they won't feed him with all the tests they have to do. Sounds just like grandpa!