Stuck

I promise I will do a Christmas recap soon :)

I have been feeling stuck lately.  I took Oliver to the doctor last week because he had a nice croup cough and a 102 fever....out of nowhere!  His fever was gone in the morning and he really wasn't coughing, but I took him in anyway.  I don't like to mess with his cough.  Everything sounded and looked fine.  Which is good news, but doesn't explain the darn cough.  He is up to 30 pounds though!  He has gained almost 2 pounds in the past month.  He has never gained that much weight in a single month, ever!  His fever never came back, but his cough has.  The past couple of nights have been horrible.  He coughs a little during the day, but nighttime is the worst.  He had his Pulmicort before bed and then needed the rescue medicine a couple of hours later and he still woke up coughing super hard 2 more times after that!  He has two pillow pets and we stack them up and so his head is propped up.  I just wish we had an answer as to why this keeps happening.  He can get this cough and no one else will.  Even now, he is the only one coughing.  I have a feeling that maybe his asthma isn't completely under control.  I know he doesn't have allergies because he doesn't always have a runny nose with the cough.  And, I think if it was something in the house, then he would be having a lot more problems.  I'm going to give him a breathing treatment in the morning and see how things go during the day.  I want to see how things go for a few days with having the breathing treatments throughout the day.  I want him to feel better.  Then, people don't want him around their kids because they think he is going to get them sick.  It does irritate me because I know that he isn't sick.  We already have to see a GI specialist, I don't want to add another one if I can help it.  Anyone have any suggestions?  We will see how the rest of the week goes.  If having the medicine throughout the day helps, then I will have to call the doc and get some answers.  We have an excellent doctor and I think he is getting a little frustrated with it also.  He doesn't act sick, his lungs sound fine...grrr!  Anyway, just wanted to get that out there.  Now, it is time to think about my Christmas post :)