an eventful day

today we took both of the boys in to see the doctor (i might add levi and tytus have 2 of the best doctors i have ever been around they really know their stuff and are great with kids and always go above and beyond for us and our boys) so we took them both in because the doctor wanted to listen to levi and see what his blood oxygen level was as well as check out tytus.

tytus needed a breathing treatment he is wheezing so it was very strange giving him a breathing treatment but again make me so thankful that he does not have cf because that would be an every day thing and for the rest of his life so i was happy to only give him one today. he also had a chest x ray and they said it looked ok and that all she saw was a viral infection. so tytus is on albuterol every 4-6 hours for 2 days and as needed after that to try to help with his wheezing and breathing.

levi had a blood oxygen level of 96 which isnt his best but isnt too bad either. he was also wheezing so they started him on a steroid. we also did a lung x-ray and the doctor was awesome she brought me back and i was able to see it and she explained everything. crazy seeing his little lungs and hard at the same time to see the discoloration from the virus and also some from chronic lung damage. anyways his x-ray also did not show any signs of a bacterial infection. PRAISE GOD again! so we are going to try the steroids and just pray this virus takes its course and is gone soon. they also decided to put him on a new long term medication to help him when he does get these virus that maybe his airways wont react they way they have been. (i have not been on the internet yet to find out all the details of this new medication since we just started it tonight but i will find out what it does and all of its details ) also they did say that this medication can cause hyperactivity in some kids HOPEFULLY NOT MINE because well he has enough activity already it is sometimes so hard for us to add another medication to our son’s daily intake but as i learn more and more about cf that is basically how things need to be in order to help the little guy.

so we are also learning that levi has asthma (non cf related) just something on top of the cf which is probably why he is so quick to wheeze when he is sick. please pray that this is not the case for tytus as well the doctor did mention it just based on levi and his asthma and now tytus wheezing. pray that both would be healed from this.

lets see, what else, i think i covered most of it. just please keep praying that this viral infection does not turn into any sort of bacterial infection in either of the boys and that they will be feeling significantly better on monday when we head to hawaii. YIPPY! thanks for all of your prayers and support

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