Pneumonia

That's right, Jack has pneumonia! Can't my little monster ever get a break? Poor little man, but he is such a trooper. Let's get a little background info going - 3 weeks ago I took Jack to the dr. b/c he had spiked a 102 temp when I got him up one morning (it was a Thursday), and she said it looks like his allergies had drained all down the back of his throat and into his ears leading to double ear infections thus the temp. She gave him antibiotics and we started singulair for the allergies. He was on his antibiotic for 10 days and had his last dose last Monday morning (not yesterday, but the monday before that). Friday I noticed he was a little coughy, but chopped it up to allergies. Saturday I went to Chanute for a wedding and stayed the night, but when I got home late morning Sunday it was quickly apparent to me that Jack was panting as he was breathing. Chris said he chopped it up to allergies - I on the other hand had a totally different opinion, so after Jack then proceeded to spike a temp of 100.3 we headed to Urgent Care.

Urgent care tested him for RSV, Strep, and the Flu - all negative. The dr. sent us to the ER though b/c he said it was obvious Jack was having trouble breathing and having to work really hard at it and that he needed a chest xray TONIGHT! We headed up the road to the hospital, so long story short after a breathing treatment with added steroids, an oral steroid, an antibiotic injection in his thigh, and one more breathing treatment Jack finally started to breath easier!

The chest xray revealed he has pneumonia, also both of his ear infections are still going strong! Ugh! His fever only lasted a few hours and he is feeling much better today! Thank goodness! It's scary how something that didn't seem like such a big deal quickly turned into a big deal!

xoxo