1st trip to the ER...

The past few weeks Quinten has had a "cold" initially the doctor put him on a nebulizer, then last week after some green, goopy eyes he was prescribed amoxicillin and ear drops. It was hard to tell how he felt, since he can't tell us and the whole time he has been his smiling, playful self. He has not been sleeping at night good at all, but everything we read says babies sleep patterns change, growth spurts, teething, coughing...who knows why. Monday night he we were up most of the night. Dr. Jason made the excellent choice to try the nebulizer in the morning and since Quinten seemed himself for the most part, we went on with our normal routine..off to school he went. We spoke to his teacher throughout the day to check in on him, other than coughing he seemed fine. Shortly after picking him up, he was wheezing. I immediately called his doctor, and long story short we ended up at A.I. Dupont Children's Hospital emergency room:( The nurses and doctors all loved his smile and commented numerous times on what a trooper he was for feeling so yucky!

Quinten giggling when the nurse was tickling his feet!

Quinten had a lot of mucus build up in his chest and the doctors did a deep suction. They put a thin tube up his nose to suck the goop out. I'm not sure who was more upset by this him or me. I have never felt so helpless in my life, but knew he would feel so much better afterward. After the suction and a breathing treatment his oxygen levels looked good and he was discharged 3 hours later:)

Quinten snuggling with sicky Elmo!

I never thought I had this much love to give until Quinten came along. He has taught me that my heart and my ability to love is not fixed, it grows and grows and grows. I never imagined it was possible, but everyday we love him even more!