Sick but on the mend

So we've all had a cold for the past 11 days but I think we're finally on the mend. It started last Tuesday when I picked Ethan up from the MOPS nursery at church and they said he had a runny nose. We came home and he was fine the rest of the day but then started again the next day. By last weekend, Dan and I started having an itchy throat and coughing and then Ethan started coughing as well. Dan and Ethan stayed home from church last week. I would've stayed home as well but I'm facilitating a Financial Peace University Sunday school class at church and last week was the first week.

For those of you not from NC who read this blog, we enjoyed 3" of snow on Monday then it gradually warmed up all week and now this weekend we're having upper 70's - low 80's, so it's no wonder it's hard to stay well this time of year! I also babysat Ethan's cousins 2 days this week and they were both sick so it's been a crazy week. Between our family's coughing and the cousins having earaches and fever, I've been sanitizing and cleaning like crazy. I finally broke down on Thursday and took Ethan to the pediatrician to make sure his cold hasn't turned into anything more and fortunately it hasn't. I was surprised to learn that even though he's had a decreased appetite this week, he's still managed to gain nearly 3 pounds since our last cardiology visit at the end of January - he now weighs almost 28 pounds! As for his cold, poor little guy, the doc said I'm doing all I can do for him right now, he's just got to ride it out. As a result, none of us have been sleeping well and I'm sure that isn't helping us to get better any faster either.

Oh, and with all the craziness in our lives recently, I forgot to post that we finally heard back from the Cardiology Dept. at UNC and we're scheduled to do the sedated echocardiogram (ultrasound of Ethan's heart) this coming Tuesday, March 10 at 9:00 AM. He can't have anything to eat after midnight but he can have clear liquids until 6:00 AM. The procedure is only supposed to last about an hour and if all goes well, we should be able to come home as soon as Ethan wakes back up. So please keep us in your prayers that all will go smooth that day.

On the lighter side, Ethan has added a new word to his vocabulary - he can now say "bah, bah" for bye-bye - do we have a Southern kid or what! He's also learning to throw a ball, sign the word for "more", and he loves to climb on everything - especially the coffee table.

Thanks for checking in on us. We'll update again after the echo on Tuesday.