Did I forget to mention?

Christmas Eve, Matthew started getting the "sniffles" and getting all congestiony on us. Gave him a treatment both in the morning and in the evening. He was good to go. Then on Christmas, with all the excitement, he got two more treatments because he was sounding "croopy" (hope you all know what croop is). Well, when we sat down to eat Christmas dinner (lots of ham marinaded in sugar-free Apricot and Pineapple preserves with real mashed potatoes and brocoli) Matthew had just woken up from a nap that was very much needed. He went potty, washed his hands and sat down with us to eat. He was just staring at us. He didn't know whether to speak, eat, or what. I asked him if he was ok........no answer. I asked him if he was still tired, no answer. I asked him if he was hungry and he looked at Daddy and I and just about busted into tears!! (he doesn't do this......that's why we knew something was up)

Ahhhhhhhh, mommy got it. I asked Matthew if he needed a treatment (breathing treatment) and he shook his head up and down over and over again. (He NEVER has done this. I put my hand under his nose and he just wasn't getting much exhaling out.) Kinda scary! He made no sounds, no crying, no nothing! We gave him a treatment and he was good as gold again. Like nothing ever happened, he sat down and ate EVERY SINGLE thing on his plate!

Ok, fast forward to today............yesterday I called the pediatrician to tell her that we needed to give Matthew breathing treatments (they keep track of how many and what we give him) on Monday and Tuesday. (Wednesday he was totally fine.) She called and I had left from work already. So today I get in and there is a message on my phone today. About Matthew. They are concerned. They want to talk with me as soon as I get this message. (Ha, at 6:30am in the morning? Don't think they have hours like that.) Anyway..........called them. Spoke with the pediatrician and we went over Christmas day. Found out something VERY important!!!! Maybe some of you know this, but we sure didn't!!!!! Asthmatic attacks come and go, and will happen more often after sleep. (didn't know that) ALSO, Matthew not being responsive to us on Christmas day was a full blown "attack"! (Trust me when I said, WHAT?) I was a little dumbfounded when she said that. She said you don't have to be gasping for air and scared like older folks are. Younger little ones react different. Apparently Matthew does.

Matthew goes in tomorrow for some shots and his "3 year old" checkup! She will listen to his chest tomorrow. She said that if he had a good asthma attack, the lasting effects of it, she would be able to hear still. Last night he was wheezing ever so slightly.

I tell ya, it's weird. Neither daddy or myself knew what was going on. No gasping, no heavy breathing, labored breathing, nothing like that. No lips turning purple/blue, no anything!!!!! I'm beginning to think that Unspecified Asthma is a sneaky little devil that has absolutely no rhyme or reason to it. Although, when Matthew gets "croopy" it seems to happen more often and apparently with more intensity!

Any other parents out there gone through this before?! I'd sure like to hear from you!


Oh, one other thing. February 1st is Matthew's NEW surgery date! Yes, the surgeon called and changed it again! Trust me, I said, this better be the last time. They said, hopefully so! *we'll see*

OH, another OH........Matthew goes to another Oral Maxiofacial Surgeon on Monday! Please say a prayer that this surgeon WILL take Matthew's one tooth out! We already had one surgeon say no because of his graft in his mouth from the palate surgery.