Sick!

Maddox is finally recovering from his first sickness. Over the past two weeks he has been very congested. Last Monday night was really when he first started it all. We put him to bed and a little before midnight he woke up hysterical because he was so stuffy that he couldn't really breathe well. He sounded horrible! Naturally it scared us (especially since this is our first experience with this), so we tried a few tricks like the steamy shower and baby rub, none of which seemed to be working. We called the afterhours number for the doctor and talked with the nurse. She asked several questions and then recommended that we take him to the ER at Children's. We kind of thought that was unnecessary, but since that's what we were told to do, that's what we did. Needless to say we were there until around 3:00 in the morning. By the time we got there, Maddox seemed to be feeling a whole lot better and he was enjoying playing with all of the doctor's equipment like the stethoscope. We joked about how everyone at the ER was probably making fun of us for being there since Maddox seemed to be in such a nice mood, but at least we got peace of mind in knowing that he was okay. Anyway, they examined him and he was fine, just a lot of congestion. Unfortunately they don't give babies anything for congestion so we've pretty much had to wait it out. We have been suctioning his nose nonstop it seems and he is definitely not a fan of that. It takes two if it to do it...one to restrain his arms and head and the other to do the dirty work. I think he is finally past it all though and now that he is breathing better, he is sleeping much more peacefully at night. Luckily, it wasn't a bad illness. Cross your fingers that we can avoid the flu this year!