Pneumonia

It has been a rough few weeks around here.

Nora is sick again, or maybe still sick. Her cough never went away, but she seemed mostly back to herself. Then the last two days, she just hasn’t been her normal, happy self. She took an early nap this morning, and when she got up I noticed that she was burning up. I checked her temperature and she was 103 degrees.

It turns out she has pneumonia. I saw Dr. Hayes at the clinic, and he talked about admitting her to the hospital. She was really pathetic at the clinic. She just wanted to lay in my arms. While we were in the waiting room, she threw up all over me. We decided not to admit her, but to treat her aggressively and see how she is tomorrow. They gave her a shot of Rocephin and started her on Zithromax. I was worried about her. Her heart rate and respiratory rates were both very high. Her oxygen saturation was borderline. I don’t think that any of my kids have ever been this sick.

Once I got her home, she was totally transformed. I think that the Motrin kicked in, and she was feeling a lot better. She was walking around babbling, and playing with Scott. I was happy to see her doing so much better. I felt very relieved!

I’ll take her back to the clinic tomorrow, and hopefully we will see a dramatic improvement.