What a week we've had...these pics tell you quite a lot. After my previous post about Mackenzie's pneumonia, Josiah spiked a 103 temp during the night last weekend. We started him on Cefprozil on Sunday night. By Wednesday morning he was still running high temps (102-103's), his cough had worsened, his nose was running clear but large amounts, and he was lethargic. Nice. I went on to work (I'm working one day a week right now) in PULMONOLOGY, none-the-less. I placed a call to our pediatrician that had already been following our saga on Wednesday morning. Of course, they wanted us to bring Josiah in to be seen. David took him to his 10am appt and called me around 11:30 to say they were heading my way. :) (Not to our office, but to ETCH.) Needless to say, I clocked out and walked across the street to meet them. Mackenzie was with Susan Smith all day which was such a blessing. (Susan comes to our house to keep both kids when I'm at work.) Anyway. Josiah was admitted to room 310 by Noon on Wednesday. After labs, chest x-ray, waters view of the sinuses, nasal wash for VRP/RSV, blood cultures, flu testing, and lots of IV fluids and IV Rocephin...he's a new kid! His chest x-ray showed pneumonia. The waters view of the sinuses showed sinusitis. The VRP came back positive for RSV. His labs confirmed dehydration. His pulse oximeter showed his sats to be in the low 90's (91 to 94). So there you have it. One sick 2 1/2 year old boy! I am very thankful for health care. I'm thankful to know what was causing the issues, and I'm thankful he's so much better after getting fluids on board. I'm prayerful that both kids continue to improve. We are home now. Came home last night around 8:30pm or so. We're still doing Xopenex treatments for Josiah, but his temps are normal and he's hydrated! His coughing continues...and to the point that he ends up vomiting about twice per day...but with more time, he'll cough the gunk up out of his lungs and he'll be just fine.
My sick boy with his IV in his right hand with his sister nearby!
What a week we've had...these pics tell you quite a lot. After my previous post about Mackenzie's pneumonia, Josiah spiked a 103 temp during the night last weekend. We started him on Cefprozil on Sunday night. By Wednesday morning he was still running high temps (102-103's), his cough had worsened, his nose was running clear but large amounts, and he was lethargic. Nice. I went on to work (I'm working one day a week right now) in PULMONOLOGY, none-the-less. I placed a call to our pediatrician that had already been following our saga on Wednesday morning. Of course, they wanted us to bring Josiah in to be seen. David took him to his 10am appt and called me around 11:30 to say they were heading my way. :) (Not to our office, but to ETCH.) Needless to say, I clocked out and walked across the street to meet them. Mackenzie was with Susan Smith all day which was such a blessing. (Susan comes to our house to keep both kids when I'm at work.) Anyway. Josiah was admitted to room 310 by Noon on Wednesday. After labs, chest x-ray, waters view of the sinuses, nasal wash for VRP/RSV, blood cultures, flu testing, and lots of IV fluids and IV Rocephin...he's a new kid! His chest x-ray showed pneumonia. The waters view of the sinuses showed sinusitis. The VRP came back positive for RSV. His labs confirmed dehydration. His pulse oximeter showed his sats to be in the low 90's (91 to 94). So there you have it. One sick 2 1/2 year old boy! I am very thankful for health care. I'm thankful to know what was causing the issues, and I'm thankful he's so much better after getting fluids on board. I'm prayerful that both kids continue to improve. We are home now. Came home last night around 8:30pm or so. We're still doing Xopenex treatments for Josiah, but his temps are normal and he's hydrated! His coughing continues...and to the point that he ends up vomiting about twice per day...but with more time, he'll cough the gunk up out of his lungs and he'll be just fine. 
My sick boy with his IV in his right hand with his sister nearby!
