It all started a couple of weeks ago with Jonathan, he just had a random cough. Then a couple days went by and he was coughing more. I picked him up from school on a Wed afternoon and he had a low fever! With no other symptoms, we just kept him home and let him rest for a couple of days. But by Friday, he seemed much worse and now Ben was coughing...Getting in to see a Dr on Friday afternoon is IMPOSSIBLE! So I finally ran Jonathan up to the Minute Clinic. I was sure that he had the FLU. Since I knew at least 3 people we cross paths with already had it. But the test was negative. Even more alarming, he had a lower respiratory infection. The nurse at the clinic urged me to take him to someone else to get him checked out ASAP! We knew that his Dr would be in the office the next morning, so we decide to wait and see him.
We took both boys into the Dr on Sat morning. It was crazy and chaotic, and I am very glad that Michael was there to help!
The diagnoses:
Jonathan: Lower Respiratory Infection (not exactly Pneumonia, but close) and a Virus. He was prescribed an inhaler.
Ben: Had the croup. His poor little cough sounded like a wounded duck. He was prescribed a steroid to help with the swelling in his throat.
By Sunday, they had kind of improved, but not much. Jonathan hadn't been able to keep anything down for a couple of days. Ben wanted to just lay on me. Both were super grumpy.
Sunday night, Ben's cough had gotten worse. He couldn't lay down. I held him for almost the entire night. I only got about an hour of sleep, I'm not sure how much he got. But the poor baby spiked up to 103 fever. That is the highest he has ever gotten!
Thankfully, Monday Michael was able to stay home and I got Ben into the Dr again. New diagnoses, double ear infection! He was prescribed an antibiotic.
Tuesday, Michael returned to work and we decided to keep Jonathan home from school, he just didn't seem ready.
Wednesday, once again, we kept Jonathan home, he requested it this time. And now all the sudden my throat hurt, but what hurt worse were my ears. Ignoring my pain, I decided we needed to get out the house. Jonathan requested a restaurant with pancakes! So we went to Ihop! While we were eating, I became very, very hot. I didn't feel well at all. Minute Clinic is right across the street from Ihop, so I decided I should be looked at real quick! Turns out I had Strep Throat! Ugh!
Once I got over the fact that I was sick, I realized that Jonathan probably had it too. I remembered the Dr saying his throat was really red. He had been coughing a ton, and he hadn't been holding anything down! All signs that he has it! We were all so distracted by his breathing that we forgot to do a strep test! So, I called his Dr and begged them to just call us in a Z Pack and not make us come in again. And to my surprise they did! I also asked them to prescribe a nebulizer to help heal Jonathan's lungs. And again, they did! (When we went to the Min Clinic for me on Wed, I asked her to listen to his chest and she said it still sounded bad and encouraged me to get a nebulizer to help him out.)
By Friday, our sick trio was finally, finally feeling better!!!! YAY!!!!! I sure do hope we are done for the season!!!
All in all, we were home for 8 days straight, not counting the 4 Dr visits and Ihop breakfast. We had cabin fever many times over. Jonathan missed 4 days of school in a row, which has NEVER happened before. Ben just missed 1 day since he only goes once a week! The biggest thing was that we missed my nephew Will's 2nd Birthday Party, which I am the saddest about!
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| Sad, sick little guy. |
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| At the Dr on Sat morning, doing a breathing treatment. So glad Daddy was there to hold his hand! |
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| On Monday at the Dr Office. My poor baby had a 102.2 Fever and fell asleep on my chest...little did I know, at the same exact time...(see next picture) |
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| Jonathan had fallen asleep! Michael took this picture and text it to me, right as I was taking that picture of Ben! Our poor little guys! It was just a sad day. |
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| On Tuesday I made them get well soon lunches! That is a Dino Sandwich cutter! |
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| Our get well soon picnic lunch! Jonathan insisted on having the stuffed animals join us! J had to line them up in a straight line! And Ben was determined to mess the line up the whole time! Their little personalities crack me up! The picnic lunch helped a little bit! |
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| After we got our nebulizer! The first time Jonathan did the breathing treatment, (the night before this) Ben cried and cried and tried to pull the mask off J's face. He caused such a ruckus, I had to take him out of the room! The next morning, Ben decided he wasn't scared anymore, and in fact, it was his turn to do it. So I found Ben a different mask to wear and let him sit on a stool in front of J! |
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| The masked brothers! |
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| J doing his breathing treatments. Love those big beautiful eyes! |
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| This one is for all the Jonathan Scrunchy Smile Fans!!! - Another fun thing to do when you are stuck inside, make a fort! |
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| (Blurry) Under the fort! |
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| A sign (literally and figuratively) that Jonathan was finally better! He asked Michael to write this down and tape it to his door. I love it! I crack up every time I read it 'cause it sounds just like him when he talks. Michael says this was the short version of what he wanted it to say! Ha! So we all gathered together and read some books and then we jammed out to music and danced! Yay! We are all better now! THANK GOD! (just praying Michael doens't get sick now!) |
