Laughing Boys

Theses two boys love playing together and Landon loves to laugh with his speech valve on.

Movement

Landon has grown so much the past year, from a baby who could not move or hold up his head to now learning to move all over the place.  This is a video clip of Landon wiggling himself off his mattress, he can repeat this over and over.  It does take him almost a full minute but he figures out how to get himself off the mat.

RSV :(

Poor baby Landon, you think you can protect your kids from getting sick but the winter season is so hard.  This year Landon did not get the vaccination Synagis shots to protect him from the Respiratory Syncytical Virus (RSV) so guess what Landon got....RSV.  RSV is a very common virus that has cold-like symptoms in older children and adults but in small young infants it can be very serious.
  Landon was sick for a few days and we took him in to his pediatric dr who gave him an antibiotic, antibiotics do not work for RSV.  Landon went to the ER Friday night to see why he was not getting any better and after a quick culture and chest x-ray the Dr's diagnosed Landon with RSV and said he would have to be under close watch for the next week or so.  With all the home equipment we have (vent, suction machine, nebulizer, feeding tube) we were able to keep from being admitted in to the hospital.  At home we will be doing breathing treatments every 2-3 hours to keep his lungs clear because we do not want this to turn into pneumonia.  

 Landon does very well with being attached to his machines to help with his breathing.