But seriously...who doesn't??
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
No More Pneumonia!!
Hooray!! She has been cleared to go back to school! A really big Hooray!!
She's also off the Mucinex and the Proventil inhaler but has to complete 2 more days of her antibiotic. We can handle that!
Unfortunately this means that Grandma Keenan is going to be leaving for home. We're going to miss her! She's been such a huge help! We don't know what we would have done without her!
She's also off the Mucinex and the Proventil inhaler but has to complete 2 more days of her antibiotic. We can handle that!
Unfortunately this means that Grandma Keenan is going to be leaving for home. We're going to miss her! She's been such a huge help! We don't know what we would have done without her!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Rough Couple of Weeks
Miss Sarah has had a rough couple of weeks.
She had a sinus infection and the anti-biotic the doctor gave her gave her a really upset tummy...enough to go through several outfits a day. Unfortunately, this is not a reaction to the medication but a side-effect. Once she finished that, she was actually OK for a few days but then woke up with a horrible cough. Chris took her to Urgent Care (because it happened on a weekend naturally) and the doctor said it hadn't moved to her lungs but would put her Zithromax to keep it from doing so. By Wednesday she still had the cough and still had a fever...a high enough fever for daycare to send her home. I took her to Urgent Care (again, after office hours) and the doctor said she had asthma bronchitis. He gave her 2 nebulizer treatments (which she HATED), a steroid shot, a prescription for Proventil inhaler to be used every 4-6 hours and told us to finish the anti-biotic...oh, and to keep her out of daycare the rest of the week.
By Saturday her cough seemed better and she did too but by that night, things went quickly downhill. She woke up from her nap with a fever so we started the rotation of motrin and tylenol which didn't really seem to help much. She also seemed to be breathing quickly...short breaths. The funny party of all of this is that she was eating...A LOT...which she hadn't done for the last week! Her fever kept going up and up and by 3am it was 103.8. Chris and I debated a trip to the ER and decided to just keep her cool and take her to Urgent Care first thing in the morning. We saw the doctor almost immediately after arriving and when he listened to her chest he said he heard some pneumonia but wanted it confirmed with x-rays. PNEUMONIA!! That never even occurred to Chris and me!! Well, the chest x-ray comfirmed the original diagnosis. She was given an anti-biotic shot and instructions to continue with the inhaler and see her regular pediatrician the next day. Sarah took a long nap Sunday afternoon and after 7 long days, her fever finally broke. Hooray!!
Grandma Keenan flew down Sunday night...Chris and I were at a breaking point from exhaustion and worry and needed some help. On Monday, Grandma and I took Sarah back to the doctor. He could still hear the pneumonia in her lower left lung. We were told to continue the inhaler, give her some Mucinex 4 times a day to bring up the "icky stuff" and give her an oral anti-biotic twice a for 10 days. She is to stay out of school (it's contagious) and have a re-check next Monday.
Sarah has actually handled all of this better than Chris and I have!! Looking at her running around as usual, you'd never guess she was sick. Thanks to everyone for their good thoughts and prayers...they've really helped us get through this!!
She had a sinus infection and the anti-biotic the doctor gave her gave her a really upset tummy...enough to go through several outfits a day. Unfortunately, this is not a reaction to the medication but a side-effect. Once she finished that, she was actually OK for a few days but then woke up with a horrible cough. Chris took her to Urgent Care (because it happened on a weekend naturally) and the doctor said it hadn't moved to her lungs but would put her Zithromax to keep it from doing so. By Wednesday she still had the cough and still had a fever...a high enough fever for daycare to send her home. I took her to Urgent Care (again, after office hours) and the doctor said she had asthma bronchitis. He gave her 2 nebulizer treatments (which she HATED), a steroid shot, a prescription for Proventil inhaler to be used every 4-6 hours and told us to finish the anti-biotic...oh, and to keep her out of daycare the rest of the week.
By Saturday her cough seemed better and she did too but by that night, things went quickly downhill. She woke up from her nap with a fever so we started the rotation of motrin and tylenol which didn't really seem to help much. She also seemed to be breathing quickly...short breaths. The funny party of all of this is that she was eating...A LOT...which she hadn't done for the last week! Her fever kept going up and up and by 3am it was 103.8. Chris and I debated a trip to the ER and decided to just keep her cool and take her to Urgent Care first thing in the morning. We saw the doctor almost immediately after arriving and when he listened to her chest he said he heard some pneumonia but wanted it confirmed with x-rays. PNEUMONIA!! That never even occurred to Chris and me!! Well, the chest x-ray comfirmed the original diagnosis. She was given an anti-biotic shot and instructions to continue with the inhaler and see her regular pediatrician the next day. Sarah took a long nap Sunday afternoon and after 7 long days, her fever finally broke. Hooray!!
Grandma Keenan flew down Sunday night...Chris and I were at a breaking point from exhaustion and worry and needed some help. On Monday, Grandma and I took Sarah back to the doctor. He could still hear the pneumonia in her lower left lung. We were told to continue the inhaler, give her some Mucinex 4 times a day to bring up the "icky stuff" and give her an oral anti-biotic twice a for 10 days. She is to stay out of school (it's contagious) and have a re-check next Monday.
Sarah has actually handled all of this better than Chris and I have!! Looking at her running around as usual, you'd never guess she was sick. Thanks to everyone for their good thoughts and prayers...they've really helped us get through this!!
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