Week 9 – Virus no comments
Eli got a cold that came on all of a sudden Tuesday night. He had been fine all day and by 5pm his nose was running, he was coughing and had a low grade temp. We took him to Dr Walsh in the morning to make sure he didn’t have an ear infection or strep throat. His ears, throat and lungs were all clear thank God and she ruled out Fifth’s disease. She said it was a virus and because Eli’s immune system is down because of TSW it hit hard and fast. She recommended that we get chewable vitamin C tablets for Eli to take until the warmer weather is here. We were told to lay low for a few days, which is exactly what we’ve been doing. Eli’s cheeks and face have had a flare up because of the virus, he looks terrible. So now on top of applying vaseline 6-7 times a day I’m constantly wiping his nose. He’s been really good about it, poor kid is getting used to all the fuss. We heard back from Dr Rebecca about Eli’s stool sample results, we have a phone conference with her next Wednesday at 4pm. She had also just mailed us the Barnock to start with Eli, 10 drops added to an 1/8 cup of water daily.
3/6/14 eczema flare up
3/5/14 red cheeks, swollen eye