Sick again

How do I put this? Being sick sucks. What's worse? Seeing your child sick.

Turtle is still fighting his "cold." He's been running a pretty constant low-grade fever since Thursday afternoon. We didn't sleep much last night; an hour here, thirty minutes there. He cried so much that he made himself hoarse. He's not really eating either - maybe 10 minutes of combined nursing so far today. A call to Dr. ABC this morning got us another prescription, this time a steroid. It should help reduce the inflammation that's making it so hard for him to breath. Big bear and I are worried and have asked family to keep Turtle in their prayers. It breaks my heart to see him so pitiful. I would trade places with him in an instant.

The cystic fibrosis test is looming and it's making me more and more nervous. I'm looking forward to just getting it out of the way.

Turtle is sleeping peacefully now. His chest is still heaving. Every breath seems to be labor intensive. We'll soon try to feed him again. Maybe by then the steroid will have kicked in and Turtle can breath and eat at the same time.

Keep us in your prayers.