Bronchitis?

We have just returned home from the hospital, where Wyatt spent his first All Hallow's Eve and started his All Saints Day. This, of course, was more than enough scare for Anna and I this year.

We took Wyatt to the pedetrician on Tuesday morning after suffering through two nights of negligible sleep. By early Tuesday morning Wyatt's breathing had definitely become very shallow and very labored. Anyhow, the short of the long is that the pedetrician recommended placing Wyatt in supervised care at the hospital for at least 24 hours. He also wanted to make sure Wyatt did not have pneumonia. Thanks be to God, he didn't.

Wyatt has progressed wonderfully the last 24 hours, and he is currently sleeping in his room. Of course, antibactorial medication and some steriods surely didn't hurt him at all. Anna and I were tremendously cautious about using such strong stuff on the little guy, but there really wasn't much we could do. And, honestly, I think we kinda lost our wits when the pedetrician first said, "I would suggest you put him in the hospital for at least the night." Boy, that's a sentence that has all sorts of gravity to it!

Anyhow, the official diagnosis was some sort of viral infection that moved rapidly from his head to his chest - perhaps a touch of bronchitis. We also talked with a nurse about the bad atmosphere of the Owensboro area - something about the humidity, tons and tons of pollutants being dumped into the Ohio River, and the presence of mold spores throughout. Makes me want to go outside for a quick jog, eh?

Please do keep our little guy in your prayers. Let's also pray that he isn't called before Congress anytime soon for his implications in the whole steriod scandal.

Wes