Back to the Doc!

Evan had a doctor's appointment today (and ironically he has the crud also)...but his appointment wasn't for the crud, but to check on a problem he's been having at daycare. About 4-5 times over the past month, he's been having these passing out episodes where he stops breathing and turns blue. It takes his teachers about 15-20 seconds to get him back to normal by blowing in his face or splashing him with water. These episodes are usually brought on by extreme crying (usually someone stepped on his hand or knocked him over). We've never seen this happen at home, so it's really odd.

Dr. Smith was concerned about these episodes and wants to pursue all the options to make sure it's not something serious. He said it sounded like a case of breath-holding syndrome, which is what is sounds like. He is having Evan do a bunch of tests to rule out "Syncope" which is a more serious issue. We have to get blood draw to check to make sure metabolically everything is fine; a 12-line EKG; chest x-ray and MRI and EEG (at Tucson Medical Center). We're wating to hear from TMC when the EEG and MRI will be. Thank goodness he'll be sedated for those tests.

After the doctor's visit we went to the hospital to have Evan's blood drawn and EKG. The poor boy hadn't napped or ate anything all day, so he was miserable. We tried to get the EKG done first, the lady was able to get the stickers on his chest without too much fuss, but when she put the leads on, Evan lost his mind. We decided to wait until after he got blood drawn to do the EKG. Of course, the blood draw was terrible since Evan was so dehydrated. The poor lab tech had to use the top of Evan's hand to get a good vein. It took 2 lab techs and me holding him in the chair. After the blood draw, we tried the EKG one more time and of course, he was a no-go at that station again. We'll try again in a day or so.

On top of Evan feeling terrible today due to the onset of a bad cold, he got a flu shot. Dr. Smith was also concerned with Evan's chest congestion, so he prescribed Pulmicort 2 times a day in his nebulizer for the next 2 weeks. That should help open up his chest a bit more.

Weight check: 21 pounds 3 ounces (will the boy ever get heavier)??
Length: 31 inches.