Once again, thanks for your concerns for Bryson! He's much better having received his steroids for about a week now.
He's almost back to himself, if maybe a tad bit more hyper and feisty than his usual self (roid rage?? :D). But today he had a small set back... we tapered his steroid dose yesterday as directed, and today he started throwing up all over the place. Since vomiting could be a sign that his Addison's not adequately treated, the vet advised us to raise his steroid dose back up to his starting dose. He seems to respond well to that, we'll just have to taper his steroid dose more slowly from now on.
I'm sure we'll get a hang of this titrating-up-and-down business- I'm a pharmacist after all- I'm just worried since we have our babymoon + 5-year wedding anniversary coming up this weekend in Napa, when we're supposed to leave Bryson with Picasso for a few days. I'm sure he'll be in good hands, but you still worry, you know, what if something happens and we're not there and all that guilty baggage that comes with it. I guess this is all good practice for the day when we have to deal with a sick child, and all the worries and fear and guilt that come with it... *sigh*
OK, enough sick puppy talk. As promised, here are some photos of the fantabulous shower our lucky baby's aunties threw for us:
{ More photos on Flickr here }
I love the color-coordinated everything- from the food (pink and orange M&M's) to the beverage (blood orange Italian soda) to the decor (pink peonies, heavenly!) even down to the fuschia feather boa they made me wear (which kinda made me resemble a waddling big bird in drag).
And as I mentioned before, I love love LOVE the book plate idea, and all the beautiful onsies our very creative guests painted for her (there is even a "simulated bikini", ha ha!) Unlike her mother, I can see both brain and beauty in our baby's future ;)
