Thursday, May 8, 2008

Doctor No More

Went to see the pulmonolgist yesterday. Naturally, my boy kicked butt! The doctor said that once the baby is over the cold we can get rid of all of the oxygen in the house. I think since we already paid for the oxygen (OK, the insurance paid for it), that I might just close all of the doors to the bedroom and open up the valve all the way. We can make our own oxygen tent for one night. Sleep like we were Michael Jackson. Before you leave a comment calling me crazy, ask yourself if you have ever wondered what it would be like to live in an oxygen tent with your pet monkey. You’re just jealous because I have the opportunity – or at least I will once I get a pet monkey.

The doctor also said that two weeks after we lose (or use) the oxygen, we can get rid of the damn monitor. We celebrated last night by doing something we always wanted to do, but we never could. We let the baby sleep in a onesie with a zipper. In the past we always had to keep him hooked up to the monitor with the leads. We couldn’t have him wear a zipper onesie because the wires are not long enough to come out of the neck and he’d just pull them loose anyway. Last night, no leads so we got him to wear a zipper. He didn’t care, but we loved it.

The doctor also gave us more good news. We don’t have to see him again for four months! Yesterday was the first time I did that long drive to Jax in several months and I don’t know how we could do it everyday last summer. Anyway, we have to see the eye doctor at the end of this month and then we don’t have to drive to Jax to see a doctor until football season!

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