Every child gets a cold, but over the last month Connor has been dealing with colds and ear infections non-stop. This time his cough sounded different from any cough I have ever heard and I could hear wheezing sounds when he was breathing! The weird thing, no fever. So the big question, do I take him in or wait it out? On Wednesday I decided to take him in...
And then I was told he had pneumonia! The doctor heard crackling and wheezing in his left lung! The big debate was whether Connor was going to be admitted to the hospital, after some minor convincing the doctor let me take him home, but not before he gave an injection of a heavy antibiotic, a prescription for nebulizer treatments and an order for a chest x-ray!
It took two of us to hold my poor little man down on the x-ray table and within 30 minutes the doctor called and said the x-rays showed no definite signs of pneumonia! WHEW! However, I was still to give nebulizer treatments every 4 hours and we were to go back to the doctor the next day!
Day 2 of chaos... we are BACK at the doctor's and low and behold his lungs are clear! No wheezing or crackling! We were both blown away, how could it be? Apparently the congestion forced fluid to build up in his lung, which then mimiced the sounds of pneumonia, which explained the clear x-ray! I still have to give him treatments every 6 hours through the weekend and he handles okay for the most part, we even got a cute mask from the hospital! Thanks for everyone who shared in my worries, but like everything else we'll get through this in no time!
My little trooper!
