Leo, Our Little Lion Man

We had two ER visits in the span of a week. That sounds a lot more dramatic than it was, but it wasn't easy either. We've had canceled and rescheduled appointments in there. Today was our first day of therapy again after a bit of a break due to all the stuff getting taken care of. This blog post is a bit scattered because I wrote some parts of it and then another appointment or phone call happened. Please excuse the scattered thoughts. I don't want to rewrite stuff again and again. We have some appointments a bit up in the air. And we still have some questions moving forward from our last ER visit. But I hope this is a bit of a clarifying update. Thanks for being with us through it all.  I really don't want to sound dramatic. We really are doing well. So thankful for community and our God.  If you've been curious about how we're doing....this is a bit of it :) ER updates So we ended up having to take Leo to the ER again on Wednesday. It was a whirlwind. He had s

I was writing another post and then we had a fairly eventful weekend! So, a post about other areas of our life is coming soon, but—in regards to this weekend: We had to take Leo to the ER on Saturday. He wasn’t breathing well, wheezing and coughing. I don’t mean to make this sound too dramatic. But yeah. He had a rough night Friday, a lot of mucus and very restless, but we hadn’t heard much coughing or stuff in his throat. However, he does this gasping/gulping thing when his reflux and congestion combine (my words, not a doctors 😉). So he was doing that but I was able to get it under control. Got him sleeping comfortably on me. But when he woke up from his morning nap, he was wheezing. And it was getting worse not better. He sounded like a squeaker toy. Made a couple of calls and drove to the ER. He wasn’t turning colors from lack of oxygen, but it was NOT a good car ride.  He got a steroid treatment there. We waited for a couple of hours to see if things got worse again. Then we gave