Heightened Awareness

Blake got his first cold, just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.  A runny nose, and a nasty cough had us all worried.  I was terrified he had gotten RSV (despite having two $3000 RSV vaccination shots so far this year), so we took him to the urgent care associated with his pediatrician, and the on call doctor got really nervous about Blake's condition.  Because she was unfamiliar with his particular heart defect, she wanted us to check in to Dell Children's Hospital (DCH) for tests and observation although his RSV test had come back negative.  We had to reason with her that the worst place to try and rest and recover is at a hospital and promise that if we saw him going downhill we would go to DCH ER immediately.  After bringing him home and treating him with typical cold treatment (humidifier, rest, fluids, saline nasal spray), he started improving.  He's doing great now, and just has a little cough that he's getting over.  

It's funny how blithely I will write off Mason's cold, but the minute Blake got a cold it was a national crisis.  It makes you remember to step back and get some perspective.

Tomorrow will be an interesting day.  Because of the emergent situation with Blake's heart when he was born, they were unable to circumcise him.  In fact, we had to wait until at least 6 weeks after his second surgery until we could ever consider it.  So, we go to meet with a general pediatric surgeon tomorrow to talk about Blake's little procedure.  It breaks my heart to think about it, so I think Bryan's going to have to drive the conversation.