All I want for Christmas is are…healthy kids!

Doesn't look like it's going to happen.

I ended up taking Alex into the doctor today (Thursday afternoon). He's had a runny nose & cough, started pulling on his ear and crying, and was beginning to wheeze more and more. The wheezing was concerning me the most. We went in and were told he has a virus (what I figured), or Bronchiolitis, an infection in his lungs caused by a virus (RSV is one example that most have heard of…we don't know if he has that specific virus and didn't really want to test just so we would know). So, nothing can be done for it right now and I was warned he'd probably get worse before he gets better.  At this point he's eating/drinking fine so we continue what we're doing. The Doctor said they call kids like him "Happy Wheezers". If he becomes not happy (or larthargic for an extended period of time, not just unhappy when Will won't share) or starts not drinking well, we'll go back. And we got antibiotics for the infection in his left ear.  The doctor told me to expect this to last 7-10…if that's the case, friends in Upland/Marion, you will not be seeing Alex at church on Christmas Eve.  The site I linked to said 3-4 days. If that's the case, he might be better by then since he's been sick the last few days. We shall see–but don't worry, we won't expose your kids to him if he's not better! Just my family. Laughing And Tessa, we're trying hard to get this out of our systems so we'll all be healthy before we come visit you and the new baby! Later this evening Will eyes started to water (his first "starting to get sick" symptom). So I have upped our dosages of vitamens & we're washing our hands like crazy! 

Edited to add:  The worst part about Alex being sick? We had JUST gotten him sleeping through the night! And he's waking up to eat at night again!  ARGGGG!