Micah still sick...

[Marilyn]

Haley, our youngest, Melissa, has had alergies since she was really small, but never had ear infections. We would use the vaporizer and as Gina said, at that time Dimetapp was the thing. Claritin is really good, also. Vapor Rub on her chest seemed to help, also. We were up with her many a night when she was small. We visited the piney woods of East Texas when the pine trees were blooming one year when she was about 2 years old. There was pine pollen everywhere, and she got really stuffed up from that. I spent the day in bed with her giving her antihistamines and tylenol trying to help her to feel better. It's no fun at all.

She did handle it better as she got older, but in the spring and fall of each year, we had a couple of months of alergy problems. She lives in the Austin area now, and has even more problems there with all the cedar trees, but she's old enough to be able to deal with it on her own now.

So hope he gets to feeling better and better. The Claritin seems to become more effective after being on it for about 2 weeks. It's not a quick fix. Seems it has to get into your system a bit.

[donna1990]

Originally Posted by HALEY

i'm pulling out the cool mist vaporizer tonight, heck it might even help me too ..
i'l give him a hug for you too donna, what the heck i'll just sit with him all night and hug and kiss him and watch thomas the train all night.. how does that sound? Good to me .....

Hope it went well last night and he got all of those hugs.

[HALEY]

No it didn't go good last night, didn't even think about daycare having that damn cat!!!!! He was all stuffed up again last night, i think its the cat!!!.... he was cranky and miserable.. I might have to find a nother new daycare for Micah!! I'm going to see how he is this weekend, if he's not suffy. or nose running then i know for sure he is allergic to cats... She puts the cat upstairs when the kids are there but still,, i even forgot she had that cat til i called Mike and he said it might be the cat they have.. My mother even thinks its the cat... might be...
oh crap,,, im going backwards instead of forwards here... I told her at daycare today to make sure that cat is far away from my child and she said its always upstairs when the kids are here..

[donna1990]

I just can't believe that a daycare center could have cats.

[Tiramisu]

My DIL, Emily, and almost 6yo g-daughter, Abby, break out if they're in a room where a cat has been. They can't even get within 10 feet of one outside. Cats and rabbits really affect them badly.

Once, Emily flew to be in a college friend's wedding, not knowing there were two cats in the house. The friend had forgotten that Emily was highly allergic. She took her meds and tried to stay there, but it got to the point that she almost couldn't breathe, so she escaped to a hotel.

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by donna1990

I just can't believe that a daycare center could have cats.

it an in home daycare she only takes about 3-4 kids...

[HALEY]

Donna,
I have two yorkies, but as most of you already know they are non-shedding dogs that is the only reason i got these dogs cause i have bad allergies too, i bath these dogs once a week also, and i keep my house very clean, i mop every day, dust 2-3 times a week, run the sweeper every other day, plus clean the bathroom, wash bed sheets twice a week, just to keep the dust down in the house cause of my allergies, i also have an air purifier, and change the furance filters and air filters every change of season, which gets expensive, but worth the money. now with micah having them, its crazy,, i been watching him very close to see what triggers them, i'm writing down everything... so we will just have to see what happens, i did notice his nose getting all stuffy, monday night, that was from being in daycare all day, that's why i think its the cat, could be wrong...

[2tiredmom]

Haley,

You are just getting ran though the mill here. I hope things get better soon.
They don't need for you to get down as well. When my son was 2 they tested him for allergies but that was 19 years ago and they did it where I had to hold him
and they did the tests on his arms. Found out he was allergic to dust, ragweed and grass pollens. Your still in my prayers.

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by 2tiredmom

Haley,

You are just getting ran though the mill here. I hope things get better soon.
They don't need for you to get down as well. When my son was 2 they tested him for allergies but that was 19 years ago and they did it where I had to hold him
and they did the tests on his arms. Found out he was allergic to dust, ragweed and grass pollens. Your still in my prayers.

I wonder why they aren't doing it until he is 4 years old? is there a reason they changed it? i really want to take him to a specialist, but i need my peditrican to send me to one for my insurance to pay for it!

[donna1990]

Originally Posted by HALEY

Donna,
I have two yorkies, but as most of you already know they are non-shedding dogs that is the only reason i got these dogs cause i have bad allergies too, i bath these dogs once a week also, and i keep my house very clean, i mop every day, dust 2-3 times a week, run the sweeper every other day, plus clean the bathroom, wash bed sheets twice a week, just to keep the dust down in the house cause of my allergies, i also have an air purifier, and change the furance filters and air filters every change of season, which gets expensive, but worth the money. now with micah having them, its crazy,, i been watching him very close to see what triggers them, i'm writing down everything... so we will just have to see what happens, i did notice his nose getting all stuffy, monday night, that was from being in daycare all day, that's why i think its the cat, could be wrong...

When do you find to work? You are doing everything right.
Tricksie's hair is long and she does shed some. Do you keep your yorkies short?

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by donna1990

When do you find to work? You are doing everything right.
Tricksie's hair is long and she does shed some. Do you keep your yorkies short?

i do most of my cleaning that i can in the morning (4 am) while micah is sleeping, run home at lunch or at night.. its very hard, Micah did help me bath the dogs last night he's so helpful. and yes my dogs are always shaved.... i use to do the fancy bows and dress them up.. but that life is way over for me, i can't even find time to dress myself up let alone dogs...

[Ponyup]

i read somewhere a long time ago that you can be allergic to cats, but not dogs; but not the other way around. When someone is severely allegic to cats it's usually do to like a protein or something in there salava. & with the way cats clean themselves & everything else that's why people can't be anywhere near them. The congestion could be causing the ear pain. When my sinuses get bad my whole head hurts, my cheeks & forward are the worst, but it sometimes gets to my ears too. Plus with this up & down whether lately my sinuses are going nuts from that too.

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by Ponyup

i read somewhere a long time ago that you can be allergic to cats, but not dogs; but not the other way around. When someone is severely allegic to cats it's usually do to like a protein or something in there salava. & with the way cats clean themselves & everything else that's why people can't be anywhere near them. The congestion could be causing the ear pain. When my sinuses get bad my whole head hurts, my cheeks & forward are the worst, but it sometimes gets to my ears too. Plus with this up & down whether lately my sinuses are going nuts from that too.

I know what you mean - my head fills like its going to pop off today with all the pressure! But i just keep myself moving... but with Micah it could also be his molars adding to the pain he had a mild fever friday night... so i'm keeping him on the tylenol for a couple more days plus the clairton at night - he is still messing with his ears. so when Mike gets home i might have to make him another dr. apt. there going to get sick of seeing me, but i really don't care... if my son is in pain there going to do something about it, right?

[judy]

Poor little Micah! I'm glad the doctor put him on a regimen though. At least it's not an infection, and a lot of people do grow out of allergies. If not, as you know, you work around them.

My daughter was allergic to one cat and none of her others. My oldest gd was also severely allergic to birds when she was around Micah's ago. She outgrew that.

The fever is probably from the molars. He is at the age where he may be sick for 2 weeks and then the picture of health in a flash, especially with the teething.

I really feel for you too. It sounds like you aren't sleeping much. How is Thomas the Train? How many times have you seen it now?

[HALEY]

Judy, i think i know all the trains by name now , we'll this was his last week on Clairton, he is still pulling at his ears, and they cancelled his apt. for the 26th i guess there taking that day off, which pisses me off, cause Mike took that day off to take him to the doctors, so i will be calling for another follow up for his ears..
I never did sleep much, but being home alone, i try and get up early so i can get some cleaning done while Micah is still sleeping. so we can have some play time together at night...