Pneumonia

Let me just say to begin with, I am a true believer in the power of modern medicine.  The good Lord above gives doctors, nursers, and such the ability to learn the millions of things that can be used to treat an illness, or injury.  However, I am also a very independent head strong mom.  I blame this on my mother (so does my husband).  I try to handle stuff on my own first, then we will go from there.

It all started November 16...Thing 2's 5th birthday.  He was having a daddy day, and woke up with a cough.  It was just a typical dry hacky cough.  As the day progressed the cough got worse and was pretty consistent.  So I bought a vaporizer and some heavier duty cough medicine and tried to ride out the night.  The next day he was wheezy and out of breath, so we made a trip to the doctor.  The doctor was first saying bronchitis.  Then he ordered a chest x-ray.  Then he said yep it is pneumonia and ordered a breathing treatment.  Within minutes of the breathing treatment  he was doing better.  So we go home with an inhaler, cough medicine and an antibiotic, because he had a double ear infection to boot.

So we quarantined the little fella, which is harder than it sounds considering the kids share a room.  And it began.  Not only was Thing 2 stuck in his room, Thing 1 was locked out of his room.  I was basically the only one that went into the sick ward (what their room became known as) and when I did, or when Thing 2 came out, we wore a mask.  He did great with his medicine, except for the antibiotic, he said it tasted yucky.  So after the better part of Thursday, all day Friday, 90% of Saturday in his room, the child had had enough.  He came out of his room and said I'm busting out. 

He took a good long shower.  Let's face it when a little boy is excited about a bath, you know he is wanting out.  Thankfully it was a warmer fall day here, so windows were opened, Lysol was sprayed and he was sent outside.  The child was thrilled. 

Thankfully after all of the playing outside and good bath, he was perked up completely.  He is still a little hacky, and if he gets too busy he starts coughing, but the cough sounds loads better.  So far I think he is kicking pneumonia's tail. 

However I will be the first to admit, I don't want to go through that again...EVER!!!