So What's New With Tommy?

 We brought him home from the hospital and had to continue the breathing treatments.  He got better and better every day.  We decided that even though our doctor said he could go back to daycare on Thursday, we would keep him out the entire week.  Andrew and I switched off a few days and Gram Cyndi thankfully took Thursday and Friday. 
He was quite the high maintenance kid.  He had to take his chalky antibiotic twice a day.  He had an eye ointment the doctor wanted us to use once a day.  The breathing treatments were every 4 hours.  The breathing treatments were REALLY hard on his skin so we had to constantly use lotion and Aquafor on his chapped cheeks.  The antibiotic upset his stomach so we had to give him a probiotic.  Since he's allergic to milk, he can't have yogurt so we use this stuff called Culturelle in his bottles or applesauce.  I think that's it.  Phew. 

So after all that, we realized he had an appointment with the allergist on Thursday morning.  They said after his eventful weekend, we could still bring him in so we did. 

 Holy crap, did he HATE the scratch tests.  But we needed to find out if he was allergic to a few other things for sure.  We had him tested for several tree nuts, wheat and soy.  We found out that he's not allergic to almonds, pecans, rice and wheat! Yay! But he is allergic to brazil nuts, hazel nuts, and cashews. We were excited that he wasn't allergic to wheat since gluten is in EVERYTHING. 

 So this weekend he was finally truly back to himself.  His eczema is mostly gone because we were able to stop the breathing treatments. 

 His appetite returned with a vengeance! (Unless it's a growth spurt again!)

 Chug it! Chug it!

 He is in a good mood all day long, even at bedtime (which is usually when he would have his breakdowns). 

 He is sleeping much better.

 This post brought to you by the letter E.... sort of. :)

 He is finally Tommy T again. 

 Thank Goodness!

Tom-my's back, alright! (Yes, that's a Backstreet Boys reference. I had to.)

We're just so glad he's back to normal.  Being sick is the worst.  He's going to be so excited to see his friends at daycare tomorrow!