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So just as we thought Mikey was doing better he took a turn. Our last visit with his doc was on Monday when he was still running a fever. At that time she said if he’s still running one by Wednesday bring him back in. He was fine on Tuesday at home so on Wednesday we figured he’d be fine to go to daycare. And he acted fine the entire day. He started coughing that night but it wasn’t bad. It was right after his bottle too so we though some formula went down the wrong way. He’s done this before, he’s gonna live.

Well he went to daycare yesterday, Thursday, and he’s coughing a little worse but its not all day long just every once in awhile. What was weird is I got a paper saying a kid in his class has RSV, he’s not at daycare right now but they needed to let parents know because its highly contagious. I thought Mikey was in the clear because he had no fever and that usually goes hand in hand with RSV. Well last night before I took him to get ready for bed I noticed he was feeling hot so I took his temp and it was 100.9. Clearly a fever. NOT GOOD especially now that he is coughing. I was going to wait until the morning to make an appointment but he ended up waking up crying and coughing at 2:30am after I got him down I hopped on my computer and logged onto the pediatrician’s website and got us an appointment for 7:50am and then I went back to sleep.

We got to the pediatricians, he was still running a fever but it wasn’t as high as it was last night. She checked his ears and they were clear. His throat was red, and has apparently stayed that way since our visit on Monday. She had to check for strep which he did NOT enjoy at all. She listened to his lungs and could hear him wheezing. The conclusion Mikey has bronchiolitis. He need antibiotics and to do a nebulizer treatment twice a day for 2 weeks. But he will be fine soon enough.

While we were there she decided to just do his 9 month appointment since we would be going back in a week for that, no sense in coming yet again. The only thing they couldn’t do was his shot. She noticed him majorly tilting and asked me about torticollis. I told her what we’ve been doing and that we have an appointment with a specialist for next week. She checked his eyes to make sure that wasn’t contributing to it and it isn’t. She also mentioned that he has a lot of balance and strength and thinks he’ll be one of those kids that skips crawling all together and to not worry about it at all.

His 9 month stats are:

Weight: 21.13 lbs (75-90th percentile)
Height: 29″ (90th percentile)
Head Cm: 45cm (50-75th percentile)

So I took Mikey to the pediatrician this morning because they wanted to see him in person before writing a prescription for a TOT collar. His doc was glad we went because she wanted to see him after she saw the latest report from his therapist. She has no problem prescribing a TOT collar if it might help. She is very surprised that he is still tilting given that we caught this relatively early. She recommended that we see a specialist in addition to the PT. And at this point it can’t hurt to get another opinion. We aren’t able to get in for an appointment until July 16th though. Guess he’s a busy buys guy! Stay tuned for further updates.