A few breathing spells today

As you may be aware... Mathias has a hose under his nose delivering air. My understanding is that this serves two purposes: make breathing easier and keep the lungs from collapsing when breathing out. As we march towards a day when the hose is to be removed, the airflow is gradually reduced - that's progress. Learning to do more of the breathing work yourself comes with a few bumps in the road though. Mathias has had a handful of breathing spells in this process. As spells go they are relatively mild (but tell that to his mother!). To combat this they are keeping up the remember-to-breathe meds (which I have learned is caffeine with a more expensive name). He takes after his old man already. Sniff!

Most mornings I would stop breathing if you took away my coffee.