We're Back!

Back from Buffalo and we had a wonderful trip! Today it was really back to real life as we took Daniel to the allergist and found out that he has been very sick for a long time. Last spring when he was suffering with headaches and we had an MRI done, his GP said that the MRI didn't show anything, except a little swelling in his sinuses. Well after trying medicine for migraines, medicine for allergies, we finally decided to see a specialist as he was missing so much school this fall with a variety of problems.
The allergist read the MRI and said that it shows that Daniel has Sphenoid and Ethmoid Sinus Disease. He also conducted several breathing tests and Daniel is only using 60% lung capacity. He suspects that the allergies have affected his lungs. So we went to the hospital for a chest x-ray and blood tests to see if he is allergic to cats and dogs. He put him on an inhaler, steriods, zyrtec and flonase. We will see him in two weeks to discuss options and see how the meds have helped. So even though we thought that Daniel might be complaining of being sick to avoid school - he really has been sick. He has lost weight and the doctor says that it definitely would effect his sleep - thus the sleeping all the time.
We hope that we are on the right track now. But we hope he isn't allergic to the cats, because we all love them so much! Well it's been a long day with getting back to work, grocery shopping, mail to go through - vacations are great, but it is always a chore to face all the things that waited for you.