Hi everyone,
I know it's been a while. All of a sudden Ava's birthday party was here and we have been running ever since. Ava and Cole's Aunt Jeannie and Uncle Will flew in from the West Coast to be here to celebrate.
We have weathered two colds with Cole now and he has done really well both times. We are waiting for the Dr. to call us to have us come in for RSV shots again this year just to be on the safe side. They said Cole is probably strong enough to handle it this time around but they felt more comfortable doing it again this RSV season and we were for it too.
We have all had our flu shots and Cole is waiting on that too. Since he had an egg white allergy show up at the allergy testing they want to watch him for a little bit after. They feel it more important for him to get his flu shot than get the flu and we agree with that too. We'll give him some Benadryl before to help with anything that might try to give us problems.
This past weekend we went to the Apple Festival out in York/Clover, SC. It was a fun time as a family. We came home and that evening went back out to a chili cookout and music in the neighborhood. It was very cold, but still a good time.
A note for those of you who know the nightmare of Eczema and more specifically Cole's battle with it and people who have been praying for Cole's eczema, we have had some kind of breakthrough. God has answered some prayers because some things we changed for Cole again have seemed to help with his eczema...........dramatically. It's not gone, but it's night and day difference for us and Cole! We actually made it a whole week without having to use any steroids which has been impossible before this to go longer than 3 days without a head to toe breakout. When the doctors gave up on us and our dermatologist was careless with her information or non-information we tried somebody who does natural medicine. When you are left with nowhere else to turn and you watch your child suffering 24 hours a day you will do anything and try anything to help them.
Some of the items didn't hurt but just weren't strong enough to battle the eczema. Some of the items we are still using seem to be making a huge difference! We are still putting a drop of flaxseed oil in one of his bottles a day, and we changed our deteregent for a 4th time. I can't tell you if it's all of the above or what, but we are going with it because it has given all of sleep again. We are going on 2 1/2 weeks now and have only had to do spot treatments here and there.
We still have an appt. at Duke on November 4th since it was so hard to get in. It can't hurt to go.
We hope you enjoy the recent pictures and God Bless,
Laura
