Thursday, March 7, 2013

Sickness

All of our kids (except Ella for now) are sick with a fever/cold virus. Luke started with it last week but had gotten progressively worse until yesterday when he became very ill.  His fever was back, his eyes looked terrible, he wasn't eating or drinking, and he was very sleepy. 

He fell asleep in the morning watching TV on the couch. 
I put him in his bed and a couple of hours later I went to check on him and almost tripped on him at the top of the steps! He's climbed out of bed and was sleeping in the hallway. 
He slept there for another couple of hours. 

By the time I took him to his 
Though his lungs sounded alright, our doctor sent us for a chest X-ray which showed that he has pneumonia (which he had a milder case of a month ago). 

I feel so sorry for our little guy but am grateful there's a diagnosis and he was able to start a strong antibiotic to get rid of the infection. pediatrician appointment he was lethargic. It was so sad. 



 


 


 

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