Bennett

See this cute man here?
Well for the past 3 weeks he has had (what I thought) was just this little cold. Lots of coughing... and sometimes a runny nose. Finally yesterday (after 2 nights of little sleep for both of us) I took him into the pediatrician. She took one look at him...did all the poking and prodding that they do and said "well he seems pretty healthy" (never mind the fact that his nose was dripping like a faucet) And that is when she asked the dreaded question "Do you have a family history of Asthma?" Both of my brothers have bad asthma... so yes I do. After picking up the medication, and the nebulizer- I just hoped that maybe the pediatrician was wrong. That after one treatment nothing would change and that he still just had a bad cold. After pinning him to me (you see they have to be sitting up) we had our first treatment...and the change was incredible. His eyes came back to life, the hacking cough that he had was almost gone, and he seemed back to his jolly self. So yes, Bennett now has asthma. I have mixed emotions at this time- yes I am glad they found what was bothering him, yes I am glad to get a full nights sleep again, and yes I am hoping that he will grow out of it. But no, I watched as both of my brothers battled asthma growing up, and I watched the scary things that asthma can do to ones body.... yeah so I am thrilled.

On another note Halle thinks it is pretty cool- Bennett gets to wear a dinosaur mask to take his medicine, he gets to sit in front of the tv and watch his favorite show, and then he gets to snuggle mommy (she thinks he is snuggling me....she doesn't know that I am actually pinning him down). I guess if you look at it optimistically there you go!