Under the weather

Sadly, Lincoln has been sick for a good portion of the last 4 weeks. We try hard to prevent him from being exposed to anything, but our best efforts sometimes aren't enough. And so, he caught what we first thought was a bad cough. It moved to his eyes back mid-July and I brought him to the doctor for antibiotic drops. Those worked (temporarily) and his lungs sounded clear. 

A week later, he saw the ENT for a f/u on his tubes which thankfully were working well through this cold. 

Another week passed and he was back in for a  9 month well-child. Lungs, ears and throat still clear from his nasty persistent cough. Thanking our lucky stars that he was still happy through his coughing bits (and super thankful that no one else had caught it as bad). 

Another week passed and he suddenly spiked a fever....103.3 fever. 

We panicked a little, because that's a pretty darn high fever for an adult, let alone a baby. 

The on-call Sunday evening nurse said we could monitor him through the night but to bring him in Monday morning. 

He was looking, and clearly feeling, pretty rough. 

It was a pretty rough night for a week. 

The doctor who saw him spent a long time listening to his lungs and ended up with a diagnosis of bronchitis. He prescribed an antibiotic, and albuterol nebs and told us to use those antibiotic drops in his eyes again and more Tylenol. I felt like a pharmacy (oh, and Sid was still battling an ear infection herself so that didn't help!). He did not like the eye drops, nor the nebs and I'm pretty sure the med tasted yucky too.

Sadly, he had a pretty strong reaction to those nebs and I discontinued them after 3 different sessions. He clearly was anxious, screaming for about 45 minutes after they ended, and I sensed it was like I had just given him a shot of espresso. After consulting with a coworker doctor friend of mine, I called back into the peds office and confirmed he was reacting to the nebs. Poor buddy. We have yet to pick up the newest script and give that a whirl, but I'd be lying if I didn't say I was a bit nervous. 

We've pulled out our "A game" as they say, to keep this boy happy and move him over to the healthy side of life. As of yesterday, I think he's finally there, with the exception of a persistent cough that still won't go away and still takes his breath away and has made him throw up he coughs so hard. 

Here's to being even MORE diligent in keeping him healthy. Because clearly he struggles to fight off even just a minor cold. 

Happy he's feeling better and hope we can enjoy what is left of summer!