Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Still battling with germs

Sigh...if I never stepped foot into a doctors office again, I'd be thrilled. Friday I took Addison in for his fever and he had an ear infection. He was put on antibiotics. Saturday was a pretty easy going day, the boys seemed to be showing improvement, Skylar went with a friend to some farm in Lancaster, and Ian put together the kids swing set.
Sunday, I had to take Skylar to the doctor because he had a huge red ring in the middle of his back. He's now on 20 days of antibiotics for Lyme disease. Yesterday, I had to take him to a minor emergency place to get an x-ray of his ankle because he wasn't able to walk on it for 2 days. Luckily, it's just a bad sprain and he just has to take it easy for a week.
The past 2 nights, the boys have had a tough time sleeping, even being upright in their car seats. They're still getting Xopenex and Pulmicort, although, I have to admit that I eased up on the breathing treatments since they seemed to be doing better.
Today, they both had coughing fits so bad that they turned red and couldn't take a breath. I cancelled their therapy for a second time in a row, and hauled them to the doctor.
Riley now has an ear infection and Addison's ear infection looks worse. They were prescribed a stronger antibiotic and some more Ora-pred just to help them get all of the gunk out of their lungs. The pediatrician wasn't worried about pneumonia because she could hear the phlegm moving when they breathe. This has been going on for about 3 weeks so hopefully they're fully recovered before their birthday. Their last round of RSV had them sick for about 5 weeks.
It will be very nice when Skylar is finished school for the summer so that we can take a break from sharing kid germs.

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