One thing that can be said about my little man is that as fast as his lungs seem to give up on him, that is as fast as he can make a recovery. He is back to "normal" and wants to be out doing everything, into everything, playing hard. The struggle is that I know what his little body has endured over the last several days, and his comprehension is not there yet...so I have to hold him back so he doesn't get himself in trouble again. Providing activities that allow him to play but "settled down"...lots of play dough, 2 hours walks in my most fabulous double stroller (he pretends he is a race car driver, hilarious), Tim and I even took him to the driving range (which has become one of his favorite activities!!)
We make our way to the naturopath doctor this afternoon, who specializes in pediatrics. I am very excited to go to this appointment...The more research that I have been doing on all the medicine that Griffin has taken over the last year and the possible affects that they can have, leave me with a pit in my stomach and a sense of disappointment in myself that I have put these things in his body. Some research is being done as we speak on medicine that he taking...for example, he takes singulair once a day...the research: to see if this drug is related to suicidal depression as have been reported by other patients taking this med. Not to say that Griffin experiences this, but he has had other reaction to meds that doctors told me he would not have.
One change that we have made is Griffin drinking soy milk. My dear sweet friend, Diana, called me all the way from Australia after reading my last post and we starting talking about naturopaths and other things and she told me of some alarming things in soy that I was not aware of. This will be one of my first questions to the naturopath...
I know that we don't have it that bad when it comes to Griffin. I know that there are parents out there dealing with much more. Especially after being at PCH twice in the last 2 months and seeing kids that have been there for 9 months, 10 months, since they were born and their parent have had to go on with their day to day lives and hope that the nursing staff is taking good care of their kids during the work hours. However, I am hoping today I will begin to receive answers that I have not been given and make changes that allow Griffin to move past this and truly be healthy.
And in terms of more steps in the right direction...Griffin has obviously been the focus here, but I can't forget about my other little love. She is taking steps two at a time and then falling on her little bum. I just can't believe she is so close to walking...beautiful...
Thank you so deeply for all your encouraging thoughts, calls and emails in this journey...
2 thoughts from you:
Sara - What a good reminder that even though the things we are going through as parents with are kids can be legitimately hard, there are others out there that have it worse.... Thank you for that perspective =)
i hope that you got some much needed answers sara! we have asher on almond milk...much "safer" as far as research goes as of yet. we have also tried goats milk when he was younger. both are easily digestable.
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