Loving Lucas - The Journey of Our Little Man with Down Syndrome

Dear Family and Friends, It's been a couple months since I sent an e-mail out and I have so many salutations! Lucas turned 9 months old in November, Fernando turned 50 in November & had gallbladder surgery last week. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Lucas had his 2nd Auditory test for his ears after the new year and his hearing is a bit worse, so when we follow up with his ear, nose and throat doctor in March we'll also be checking to see if they think he has enough fluid in his ears to recommend that he gets tubes in his ears. Lucas is actually currently sick with something effecting his sinuses. He had a couple ER visits recently about a week a part. He first got sick with a cold and minor virus, then a week later I think he got something else that has effected his sinuses. We ruled out the flu or RSV on the second ER visit, but other than that. It seems that he just needs time. I'm very proud to report that Lucas is so very close to sitting up on his own. He wor...

Hey Guys, Just providing an update for those interested. :) I appreciate you coming here to get updates so I don't have to repeat a story. Lucas was sick last Monday (12/30) see last post.  I gave him a very small dose of antibiotics once a day for 5 days. I would say he did really well up until Sunday night. We expected that if he was going to get bad symptoms they would have happened by Thursday.  So all that being said I suspect what he is experiencing now is something new. Sunday night I noticed he wasn't drinking his bottle, I thought there was something wrong with the flow, maybe the nipple but then I realized he might not be able to breathe out his nose. I suctioned him really well and with a saline rinse and then he ate more normally. I've had to suction him more often before I feed him since Sunday. And that brings us to last night (or very early this morning,  2:30am to be exact). I woke up with him and he seemed to be snorkely so I suctioned him really well rig...