First illness in awhile

Tanner came down with a cough last Friday evening and it worsened throughout the day on Saturday. I could hear him all night long, coughing and stirring. Come Sunday morning, he sounded raspy and had a low-grade temp. Tobin had to work, but said that I should take Tanner to urgent care. So, I had to wait for them to open, but got in fairly soon after they opened. In the waiting room, Tanner's cough sounded like a long-time smoker...deep and mucousy. Tanner ended up having a 99 degree temp, which was ignored. They listened to his chest and said that he did indeed have some noise in there, but that it was viral and all we could do was keep him hydrated with Pedialyte. On his paperwork, they wrote teething and common cold. He giggled and smiled the entire time we were there and never coughed once! I'm sure they thought I was a lunatic, over-protective, first-time mom.

On Monday, Tanner went to daycare with Amy and we both went to work. Once home that afternoon, Tanner was wheezing with almost every breath. Long story-short, we found ourselves back at urgent care. Only this time, it was a 3 hour visit with x-rays, a breathing treatment, and an antibiotic. Pneumonia was ruled out, but upper respiratory virus was thrown around with possible RSV. He has only had one Synagis shot, so that scared me. We ended up having to buy a $215 nebulizer as they don't rent them anymore. He was to have a breathing treatment every 4 hours for one day and then every 6 hours for the rest of the week. Let me just tell you how tiring that is to set your alarm twice in the night and do that.

We had our follow-up dr. appt today with his new pediatrician. She decided it was not RSV as he would be much worse than he was acting (smiling , jumping around and laughing). She did say that he sounded awful and to go back to the every 4 hours, rather than every 6 hours. UGH! Don't get me wrong, whatever is best for him, but I am a zombie. If you have called, texted, or emailed, and I haven't replied, please know that I do appreciate it very much, but I barely have time to sleep these days, amongst the treatments, meds, laundry, dishes, work,...I actually made a list of what medication to give Tanner, at what time of day, so I didn't forget anything. Oh yea, I am exhausted from the whole 1st trimester thing on top of all that. While pregnant with Tanner at this time, I came home from work and slept for two hours before dinner. That is a big no-can-do now.

Tanner's spirits are great, but he has his moments of inconsolable crying. Sometimes it is throughout the whole 15 minute breathing treatment and sometime sit appears to be for no reason. The top 4 front teeth are all coming in at the same time, so that doesn't help matters. It also appears that his incisors will come in first so he will have a vampire appearance. Nice.