Well we didn't waste any time in all getting sick within the first couple weeks of being here! Parker got sick first with a fever one day and the cough and runny nose shortly followed. Luckily his only lasted a few days. He in turn however helped out by giving it to the rest of us. Only, Tyler got it worst of all. He had a fever of between 100 and 102 degrees from this past Monday through Wednesday. He lost his appetite, wasn't sleeping well, had a runny nose and a nasty cough, and had thrown up his bottles a few times those three days. I decided to get a recommendation for a pediatrician so I could take him in on Thursday to make sure everything was okay.
I was able to get an appointment that afternoon with a nurse practitioner who quickly found poor Tyler had an ear infection in each ear, and on top of that he tested positive for RSV (a serious respiratory virus that makes it hard to breath and is down in the lungs). I was so glad that I decided to take him in since that morning his fever was gone. We left with 3 medications and a nebulizer. The nebulizer is a machine that blows air through a tube to help diffuse medicine out of a mouthpiece or mask into Tyler's mouth. He actually does really well with it. He has to have that every 4 hours (for 4 times every day) and he will usually just sit there and suck on the mouthpiece. We also found last night that he is working on cutting another bottom tooth! Poor guy is just a mess, however he is doing SO much better!! I am happy to report that last night he only woke up once after he got up at 10 pm.
It was so sad seeing him feel so miserable last week with his eyes half closed, and just very somber and motionless and I'm so happy that he is doing better! Chris and I are still overcoming our sore throats and stuffy noses, but we are also just about over it too and we'll finally all be back to normal!!
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Having sick kids are NO fun at all. I am glad they are doing better.
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