Wild wedding weekend + ER visit

So it have been a whirl wind of fun and not so much fun since my last post. This past weekend, Mike's good friend Mel, got hitched in PA. The last wedding we went to, we took the kids. That was almost a year ago. We made a promise to each other then that we would NEVER do that again. We had Z-E-R-O fun and it was more work than it was worth. So this time, we decided to leave the kids with Nana. The down side, we were going to miss Halloween. This would have been the first "real" Halloween, and we were going to miss it. But Mel is only going to get married once and there would be plenty of Halloweens with the kids.

So here are some wedding photos taken with my crappy camera


The Groom waiting for his bride

Brides-man and brother of the bride, Jim, with Matron of Honor, Keri

The princess bride, Mel with her father, Dennis.

This was the best time we have had in a REALLY long time. Even though it was a short visit, it was great to see our friends and celebrate Mel & Matt's wedding.

OK now onto the ER visit. We get home late Sunday afternoon (around 4pm). Gavin and Luke are VERY excited to see us. Gavin had a little snotty nose on Friday, but nothing to be concerned about, or at least that's what I thought. As soon as we got through the door, he turned into super whiny clingy child. We had dinner and he ate well, took a bath, gave him some Motrin because he a 99 temp. As I was getting ready to put him to bed, I could hear him wheezing when he breathed. But I couldn't tell if it was a nose wheeze or a chest wheeze. So I called the pedi. She said to look at his chest, and if it was pulled in under his ribs then he was really working to breathe and that is a big red flag. I said, that his stomach was going in and out a lot, but his ribs weren't sticking out. She said that it was probably just nose congestion and to run a humidifier in his room and try to keep him as comfortable as possible. He woke up about every hour crying and fussing and his breathing seemed to be getting worse. Finally at 11pm, I decided that he was really working to breathe and took him to the pediatric ER. Long story short, they did a chest x-ray, put in an IV and drew blood. ER doc decided that there was a "suspicious" spot on his lower right lobe and she would give him antibiotics for pneumonia just to be safe. Respiratory also came in and gave him a nebulizer treatment, and she said that if he responded well, she would discharge us with an inhaler. Gavin's beathing improved a lot after that and off we went at 3am. We saw the pedi the next day, and he was till wheezing a lot. She said that he did NOT have pneumonia, but broncialitis. She also decided that the inhaler was not working and he needed a nebulizer instead. So we got a nebulizer. 2 days later, and he is doing SOOO much better. I don't have to give him nebulizer treatment anymore. But the doc did say that she thinks Gavin is going to have a hard time this winter, and every time he gets a virus, he is going to wheeze. Super. Hopefully it will NOT turn into asthma, which is also a possibility.

Never a dull moment.

OK Halloween. Since I took my crappy camera with me to the wedding, mom took photos of the boys with a disposable camera. I have not gotten them developed yet of course, but check facebook for some halloween photos when I get them back.