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March 25, 2003
Hi Everyone!
Lots of drama this week!
First, I thought Josh was over the virus he had two weeks ago, but a low grade fever kept popping up periodically last week. Josh was still coughing and was starting to rub his eyes. Off to the doctor once again. John took him this time because I have missed so much work recently caring for Josh. We split the day this time, John took him to the doctor in the morning while I worked and I took over for him at home around lunch time while he went into the office.
The doctor took a look at Josh's file and examined him and said that she believed Josh was suffering from alergies. She perscribed some medication and off they went. When I got home I had so may questions that my husband told me I should just call the doctor. Now, don't get me wrong, John is very thorough when asking the doctor questions, it's just that we typically ask different questions. It is usually best if we both see the doctor because that is the only way we are both satisfied.
I don't know much about alergies because I have never suffered from them, nor has anyone in my family until recently my Mom has had some problems. Anyway, I was reading the inserts in the medication and that just put more questions in my mind. The doctor prescribed Zyrtec, Singulair and breathing treatments using a nebulizer and Abuterol(sp?) 3 times a day. For the most part, this sounded like treatment for Ashma. I know that Zyrtec is an alergy medication, but Singulair and Abuterol are for the treatment of ashma. It may sound silly, but I also wanted to know what the doctor thinks he is alergic to. How long do we have to give him this medication? If the symtoms don't improve do we stop? I don't want to over medicate my child if it is not improving his condition. Why the persistent fever? The questions were just flowing, so I did call the doctor myself. She was great and really took the time to answer all my questions. As it turns out, she belives that Josh is having an ashmatic reaction due to his alergies. What he is alergic to, they won't know for at least a couple of years, when he is old enough to be tested for specific allergens. At this point, we are just treating the symptoms. So, we will continue to administer these medications for 7 to 10 days and then I will call the doctor and discuss further. The fever, she believes is due to him not being completely over the virus he had last week. I feel like this is a lot of medicine for a child who is not even 2 years old, but I have talked to several other Mothers whose children have suffered from alergies and they all have similar stories. The encouraging thing that I was told by the doctor as well as some other Moms, is that the symptoms may disappear in the next few years. I am hoping that will be the case with Josh.
On to the drama of last week. On Friday, I picked Josh up from daycare a couple hours early because he was coughing some and I wanted to make sure he was fine. He was in a great mood when I picked him up so we played at the day care for about 30 minutes before we went out to the car to go home. I unlocked the car door and he held my keys as I strapped him into the car seat. Once he was all strapped in, I took the keys away from him and put them on the drivers seat, got out of the car and closed the door. When I went to open the drivers side door it was locked. All the door were locked! Josh must have pushed the lock button on my keypad and I didn't notice it. I just stood there in disbelief for a moment. How could I have done this? I drive a black car and parked in the direct sun light. It was a sunny day and I knew it was already hot in the car. Josh had no idea there was anything wrong and just smiled at me from his car seat as I looked in the window. I ran into the office and asked for someone to help me that I had locked my child in the car, then ran back to stay with him. Another parent came out and suggested I call AAA. I said, no I can't wait that long I need to get Josh out it is hot in there! He happend to have a golf club in his car so he ran and got it and we broke the front passenger side window. I immediately got Josh out of the car. He was fine until the window actually broke. We just tapped the window with the golf club, but when the window shattered it was a loud crashing noise and Josh started to cry. He only cried for the couple of seconds it took for me to get him out, I just held him tight and he immediately stopped crying. Thankfully, Josh didn't get hit with any stray glass. Most of it landed in the front seat, but there were a few pieces that hit his shoes. If you ask Josh about what happened, he says "loud" "glass" "shoes".
The window is fixed now and Josh is fine. I know for sure Josh will not be playing with my keys again and I am thinking of making a hide a key or something for my car to ensure that this will never happen again. It was really scary!
I hope next weeks entry is not so dramatic, but that's it for this week! Thanks for reading!
Janet and Josh
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