Overwhelm.

I apologize for the lack of updates. I'm completely overwhelmed with life right now. Overloaded on work, overloaded with everything.

Jake went to CF clinic last week and did really well, even spitting a coughed-up chunk of mucus into a cup. Hooray! (And I'll give myself credit - the cup was sitting on the counter when I heard the telltale sound of him coughing something up, grabbed it, opened it and shoved it under his nose and commanded, "Spit it out!")

But then the chunk cultured Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the nasty bacterium that's responsible for stealing the breath of people with CF. Boo!

It was a "rare" amount and nonmucoid, so we'll hit it with inhaled antibiotics for a month and then, after close to 28 days off the antibiotics, reculture him to see if it grows back. So, more nebs for him morning and night - just a couple of minutes more thanks to the Trio, the awesome electronic nebulizer we feel blessed to have. More on the Trio here.