James is Back!!

Whatever it was ... it's now gone, and we have James back: happy, energetic, playful, busy, content James ... ah, so nice!! Monday was the last day we had any recorded fevers. Tuesday his character was back and no more fevers ... still the distended belly and more rapid breathing though.

Today we seen the pediatrician. Since James is now better this appointment was not nearly as important as we thought it would be at the beginning of the week. We reviewed what had happened over the last couple weeks and simply came to the conclusion - there's no rhyme or reason to this boy. She checked his ears and there's no sign of infection. The mineral oil worked on the left, but the right is still covered with wax... we'll have to keep working at it. We also discussed the PORT. She actually said she had been re-thinking the idea herself (after being confronted with a simliar case in hospital recently) and wondering if it was such a good idea afterall. She too felt the PORT would confuse the fever issue and would make the situation more complex. So at this time we should hold off on the idea. If he begins to return to the hospital as often as he did in the summer, it will certainly be reconsidered.

Next week he is scheduled to see the lung specialist. This appointment was set up when he left the hospital in December. They wanted to have a look at his lungs when he is healthy. Right now his breathing is more rapid than normal, but not laboured... yet he is acting healthy. I questioned whether to go ahead with this appointment. She thought it would still be good to go ahead since we have no idea if this is now a "normal" or how long it will last.

A few other things were discussed about his feet, his speech, the diet coverage forms and then we were on our way. We are even going to try go two months before the next appointment ... let's hope we make it that far. March is already beginning to look like a busy month ... maybe that will mean we'll have a bit of a break in February ... wishful thinking!! :)

Yesterday we seen our Australia winter come to a temporary end with a light dusting of snow. Pretty sad when we get excited when the ground is hardly covered. Our poor confused flowers that were already coming up ... it will be interesting to see what happens to them come spring. The girls thought the snow was great, but not as great as James thought it was. We bundled him up and took him outside for his first introduction to snow (that he remembers). He was extremely fascinated by the stuff and kept pointing at everything and saying "uh-oh, uh-oh". At first he was rather concerned that this stuff was all over his toys, the ground, the trees ... but eventually he relaxed and enjoyed it. Not to worry, tomorrow it's suppose to rain and be up to 7C again. I'm really beginning to wonder if we're going to get any real snow this winter.