Dx: LLL Pneumonia-Update

Update: While Mackenzie is now afebrile, she continues to cough. Dr. Greg assures us that she is no longer contagious as she has been on antibiotics for over four days, so I intend for her to go to school tomorrow. She seems to feel fine, other than the occasional cough which sounds very wet. We have a follow up appointment for her on Thursday.

Josiah, on the other hand, began coughing last Thursday night. His cough has worsened significantly. He began running 103 temps around 3am Friday night/Saturday morning. I took him in to see Dr. Greg on Saturday morning. While his lungs were clear on Saturday, they were not so clear on Sunday evening. I went ahead and filled his prescription for Cefzil, too, and started his 10 days on Sunday night. He has continued to be feverish(102's and 103's) today (Monday) and has coughed until he vomited at least three different times within the past 24 hrs.

Thanks for all the prayers. Please continue to pray that the kids continue to improve...and that David and I will stay well, too! Hope you all are well. :)

Sigh. My poor sick baby girl (yeah, she's almost four and a half and she's still my baby girl!) is in bed asleep already. She actually ASKED to be tucked in at 6pm tonight! She's running 103.8 temp. That's the highest hers has ever been in her life. She feels lousy. This afternoon we found out why!

After her being sick for 9 days (started mild and worsened yesterday), I decided whatever she had was not clearing up on its own and it was time to dig a little deeper. We spent the afternoon going from the pediatrician's office to ETCH radiology department and back to the pediatrician's office. The x-ray showed Left Lower Lobe Infiltrates (Pneumonia). Sigh. One Rocephin shot and a 10 day script for Cefprozil later...she'll be on the road to recovery in no time! Poor kid. What started as a mild cough with sinus congestion worsened quickly for her. She has always struggled with respiratory issues since she had RSV as a 2 1/2 month old infant. I'm incredibly thankful that the x-rays were done and a diagnosis found. Please pray for a fast and complete recovery for my Mackenzie! Thanks.

And that's more than you really wanted to know about her health history. ;) But I do feel better just sharing with you...whoever you are that's reading this post. Ha.