Pneumonia

So Saturday was not better for Rylan.

He woke up miserable on Saturday morning. I called our pediatrician's office right when they opened and got him in with the nurse practitioner at 9:30 am.

She immediately diagnosed him with an ear infection in his right ear and a nasty throat (she never specifically said strep, but Brian went to the doctor today and got diagnosed with strep). Rylan's breathing was heavy but she didn't hear anything when listening to his chest and back. She did count his breaths and he was at 35 breaths per minute. She put the oxygen saturation monitor on Rylan's finger and got a reading of 92-93% (which she was happy enough with).

Because she wanted to rule out the flu, she did a flu test (which turned out to be negative). Rylan eventually fell asleep on me while we were waiting which was much better than the constant crying and thrashing around.

The nurse practitioner wanted to determine if Rylan might have pneumonia so she sent us to an imaging center to get a chest x-ray. Rylan HATED that but we got through it and only had to redo one of the x-rays. The doctor there said there were some spots in his right lung and diagnosed Rylan with pneumonia. I spoke with the nurse practitioner and she called Rylan in a prescription for an antibiotic.

Thank goodness for drive-thru pharmacies! Rylan fell asleep as soon as we left the imaging center and I was able to let him sleep while we waited for and picked up the prescription.

Rylan either slept or cried the rest of the day. It was a very long day but thank goodness it was the weekend and Brian was able to help with Carter. Rylan would not let me put him down and it would have been super challenging to take care of both boys.

Rylan has been doing better and better all day today. There have even been a few smiles! And a little playing. I was even able to get a couple of things done (like a load of laundry).

We are all ready to be well again. Carter still isn't 100% - he still has a nasty cough and a runny nose. But both are slowly improving. Brian has been sick for about a week and got diagnosed with strep today. He stayed home from work on Friday and is going to stay home tomorrow. I'm a little sick but the healthiest of us all. My throat has started hurting so I may need to go to the doctor too to see if I have strep.

Hopefully my next post will be about something other than sickness! I am so ready to get out of the house!