Halloween

Carson was a monkey for Halloween.  He doesn't like to stay still, so enjoy what few photos we could capture :)

 

First Positive Throat Culture

We got the call for the results of Carson's last throat culture on Tuesday.  He cultured staph.  This is the first thing he's cultured.  Many of us have staph running around in/on our bodies, but it doesn't affect us.  CFers can be greatly affected by it.  Carson had a cough for the weeks before his appointment and had been on antibiotics and finished right before clinic.  Now that it was positive, he's is on a different antibiotic to treat it specifically. 

What our CF nurse told Chris was that they will treat it the first time it is cultured and only treat it if he has any symptoms.  Considering Carson has a cough, runny nose, and it hacking up some mucous--I'd say that he has symptoms.  The first antibiotic he was prescribed he had an allergic reaction to, so we started a different one on Thursday night.  So far, so good. 

Race Cars

Grandma and Grandpa Hermsen got Carson a race track last Christmas. Carson would stop the spinning part and hold it down. Now that he's a bit older, he's got it figured out! He even knows the button that turns on the motor!  After 25 minutes of solid playing, Carson started to sit and stand on it.  Fun time was over then :(

 He also loved played with the big truck outside at Grandma and Grandpa Strader's house yesterday.  Chasing the kitties was a good time too!

October CF Clinic

Carson had a good visit today. He gained about half a pound-up to 25.5 pounds and 32.5 inches. We were able to get him a prescription for an inhaler. He had some free ones from his clinical trial. This will come in handy for when he's at daycare or those months we go through his Albuterol faster due to more breathing treatments.

Also some exciting news came out...
http://www.cff.org/aboutCFFoundation/NewsEvents/2011NewsArchive/Wall-Street-Journal-Story.cfm

Even though Carson doesn't have that specific mutation, there is another drug in the works that would be for him.

First Cold of the Season

So we believe that Carson has his first cold.  He was sounding about bit rattly for a few days.  Sometimes it sounds like he's purring.  A couple of kids at daycare are starting to get snuffles, so I called the CF clinic and they put him on antibiotics.  No improvement yet, but I'll call the CF clinic again on Monday if he's not sounding any better.