First they tested Austin for allergies. And based on the amount of mucus in his nose, the doctor felt like I was right in thinking that he had a ton of allergies. They poked all over his arms with sixty different allergens. While we were waiting on that, they did a breath test on Austin to see about his cough. I wasn't surprised when they told me he had asthma, but I was surprised about how bad it is.
:( Poor Austin has been going around not being able to breathe! The doctor said it was bad enough that he is at risk for a severe asthma attack. He gave us an inhaler to use every day. I WAS surprised with the results of the allergy test. And so was the doctor. Austin almost has no allergies. He is allergic to cats, and a little bit allergic to juniper trees. That's it. That baffled the doctor because Austin has so much snot and post nasal drip all the time! That led the doctor to be concerned about his sinuses. Oh boy, I thought, this is deja vu from yesterday with Miles. So they ordered a sinus x-ray. We had to head to the hospital for that. The doctor said that if Austin's sinuses were bad, he would need surgery too.
After the x-ray, we headed to the lab for Miles's blood work. He totally panicked about it. He held still, but he was sweating and his eyes were tearing up and he was breathing rapidly. I was trying to hold his hand and calm him down the best I could. The doctor had ordered a ton of labs, so they needed a LOT of blood. It took a while. To get his mind off of it, I started to ask Miles where he wanted to go for lunch (since it was now getting late). He said, "Well, I know where I want to go, but it's probably not where you want to go." That made us laugh. He said it was Taco Bell. And he's right, I don't want to go there. Then the worker nicely asked him what he likes to eat at Taco Bell. He said, "Well, what do you think!??! Tacos!!" I thought, Oh boy here goes Miles. And there was no stopping him. He kept us snickering and laughing for the next ten minutes. When I asked him why he hadn't gone to Taco Bell with Dad the night before after they had gone golfing together and out to dinner (they both LOVE Taco Bell), he said, "Well. You know how Dad's doing that thing again?"
"What thing?"
"The thing where he tries to eat healthier?
"Yeah," I said.
"Well, he said we'd better not go to Taco Bell because he was eating healthier these days."
(The nurse and I are laughing.)
Miles said, "So then we went to Culver's and he got a hamburger and french fries. And I just don't really see how that was much healthier."
By now, we are laughing really hard.
Finally, they finished with his blood work and I was talking to the nurse about something when Miles interrupted to say he was going to pass out or vomit. We quickly laid back his chair and fanned his face and got him a drink of water. Another nurse came in, and older lady, and sweetly said, "Oh, you must not have liked getting your blood drawn."
And Miles shot back, as he is practically passing out, "Well what does it look like?"
That got us laughing again. And he kept up with that sarcastic attitude for the rest of the time.
Once we got him stable again, I took the boys to the car and we went to Harmon's for all of our prescriptions. We also picked up corndogs and fried chicken for the boys and sushi for me. Then it was home for naps. I had gotten up at 5:45 three times this week to run five miles. I was exhausted. Once I got Lance to sleep, I let the boys play quietly upstairs while I relaxed with a book. Before I knew it I was completely out of it! I rarely ever fall asleep in the day. It felt good. I'm reading, "Because of Mr. Terupt." It is a children's novel that my kids have loved. I am loving it too! It is really good.
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