This post is totally not HD related in anyway, but I just wanted to give a reminder that kids with HD not only have the health problems associated with HD, but they do still endure all the other stuff that comes with being a kid.
Mateo caught a cold a couple weeks ago. He had a runny nose and a cough. His cough started to get worse, and then he started getting high fevers and lost interest in eating, so I decided it was time to take him to the doctor. We make it to our appointment, and the doctor looks in his ear and says, "oh, it's infected. I can see puss." My poor boy had an ear infection and I had absolutely no clue. He didn't fuss or pull on his ear, or complain at all. I felt like a horrible mother. And it gets worse.
The doctor then proceeds to finish Mateo's exam by listening to his lungs. She stops and asks me, "Does he have asthma?" I tell her no, or at least it's never been brought up. She then tells me he has fluid in his lungs, otherwise known as Pnemonia. I felt so bad for my baby boy! So, along with all his HD related meds, he now has antibiotics twice a day for 10 days, ear drops, and an inhaler to help with his breathing until he kicks the pnemonia. He was also taking Motrin for his high fevers.
Thank goodness he is doing much better. The fevers are gone, the pain from the ear infection has subsided ( I think cuz he's not as whiny and clingy) and his cold syptoms are going away. He still does have a cough, but it is not as bad as it was.
One HD tidbit, I am currently working on writing the local News and Newspapers trying to get someone to run a story on HD to help raise awareness. Wish me luck!
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