Hunter is battling a cold. Normally, this would be no big deal for most parents. But, for us - it is much different. It means monitoring and breathing treatments. It means listening to lung sounds, calculating respiratory rates, and many prayers that it doesn't turn into anything else, like pneumonia. It also requires late nights awake, and sometimes on the phone with his Pediatrician’s office after hours clinic questioning if we should take him in to the hospital.

So far, Hunter has been tackling his cold head on and doing well. He has developed a cough with this cold. A cough always leaves us concerned. We are not letting down are guard and are watching him closely, but I'm hopeful that we might be able to make it through this cold without a run to the emergency room.

This is Hunter's second cold this year. I remember last year and things have changed so much for him in one year. Last year, we were admitted into the hospital each time he came down with something. This year, he is getting through it without the need for medical intervention. Although, I know that Hunter will be susceptible to viral infections, like the cold or flu, it leaves me hopeful that we have seen the worst of his Chronic Lung Disease and Prematurity.