Russell is better

The day after our visit to Dr. Vas, Russell was really listless. He slept at 7.30pm and got up around 6am, without waking up for his feed. Good for me (having a good night's sleep) but bad for him. The medicine, nose drop and spray did not seem to be working. He slept for hours on end and did not regularly wake up for his feeds during the day. On Saturday, I brought him to see Dr. Vas again. She said he needed to be given antibiotics as the phlegm had travelled downwards. So we were given antibiotics and also rented a nubuliser machine. When MIL saw the machine, she was like, "wah, your mummy so busy (I guess she wanted to say "doing rubbish")....I have to put Ventoline, Atrovent, Saline and Pulmicort into the machine and let Russell breathe in the fumes. It is supposed to open up his airways and the Rhinathiol is supposed to dissolve the phlegm. Just three days of this treatment, Russell seems to be doing better, he gets up for his milk every three hours, his cries are more demanding and he is breathing better. When he was sick, his cries were so weak which made me so uncomfortable. Well, at $255 for this treatment, it better be working!!

We have temporarily stopped looking so intensively for our new place as Eugene is leaving for Connecticut this Friday. However, we have narrowed down our choice to 2 possible places. But in the meantime, we will be moving to my in-laws' place in July and when our cash comes in at the end of July, we will purchase the new home. Hopefully the prices take a little dip by then and we can settle into our new place around October.