Tuesday, December 6, 2011

December 5 and 6th, last year and this year...

What a difference a year makes, right?    ... well not always, though Matteo has grown....Last year on these dates we were getting ready to travel home to Canada from Vietnam, and this year on the anniversary of our return, another memorable event:  Matteo's first trip by ambulance to CHEO.  He has croup, was having trouble breathing, and throwing up....terrible and anxious time for him and his mommy, though Teo was very calm while the paramedics buckled him onto the gurney and attached all kinds of tubes....he was fascinated, but for his mommy a tiring  and very stressful ordeal, not unlike our return trip from Vietnam...stressful, worrisome, and looooooooong........

Last year...

To see more photos from our trip last year from Vietnam to Canada, click here.

For this year's memories keep scrolling.....look thumb sucking and Matteo's favourite giraffe....we have tentatively named the giraffe Bao....






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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 7, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    Ha non, pas l'hopital pour Matteo :(

    Mais quest-ce qu'il avait finalement ?
    Pauvre petit et pauvre maman car ça doit être vraiment très très paniquant. J'espère qu'il est ok maintenant et que tout va bien.

    Donne des nouvelles svp.

    Chantal xxxxx

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  2. FrancescaDecember 7, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    Hi Chantal, yes Matteo is recovering...he has Croup, it is a virus....causes a barking cough, and inflammation of the vocal cords...it also causes breathing problems sometimes...they gave him some steroids by mouth at the hospital and that seems to have helped. Also he is supposed to sleep with his window open a little bit so he can have very fresh air to breathe...it all seems to be helping...it will take a few more days until he is over it completely....thank you!

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  3. BDecember 10, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    Poor little monkey and poor Mama! I'm happy to hear he is on the mend.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 11, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Mais il n'a pas froid la nuit avec la fênetre ouverte un peu ?

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  5. FrancescaDecember 11, 2011 at 11:02 PM

    Hi Chantal, I put an extra blanket on Matteo and made sure he was wrapped nice and snug....it is important that he breathes cold air, so yes the room was cold...but it seems to have worked...the first night I left it open about 3 inches and then after two days went to leave it open only two inches or so...and then down to one inch....last night Saturday night I left it open only one inch and now it will be closed....he still has a small cough but not that awful cough he started with. xoxoox

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