Poor Jake

Our little Jake. On Sunday and Monday he had a little bit of a runny nose and we thought he had just a little cold. Yesterday he was more punie and by the end of the day he was just miserable. He woke up after being asleep a couple of hours and just could not get comfortable. He ran a low grade fever and that is what I chalked the faster breathing to as he has done that in the past. He also had a gross cough but again we chalked it up to the cold. He was not much better this morning so Doug took him to Dr. Scroggies. Turns out he has an ear infection and a cold that triggered asthma. Apparently a pretty bad attack. Dr. Scroggie told Doug that if he didn't respond to the treatment in the office he was going to send Doug over to the ER. He responded. I have to take him back for a follow up tomorrow. So he is on an antibiotic, steroid and breathing treatments. Man do the treatments make him wired. When he was 10 months old and got RSV he didn't respond to the albuterol like this. But I bet the dosage is much higher. He still sounds really raspy but it is much better than it was. Doug said he was a real trooper. I will keep everyone posted on how he is doing.
Take care,
Raye