The Zimmer Zoo

Okay. It’s time I jumped on the Happy Thursday bandwagon. Goddess has a whole (very touching) story behind the HT idea, so head on over there and check it out. And join on in!

So…why am I happy this lovely Thursday? Because Logan does not have Pneumonia. And he’s only borderline for the bronchitis. And because I didn’t wait to bring him in to the doctor like I had contemplated doing…

This morning went like this:

Mommy hears Logan coughing (still) through the monitor and decides that she’s going to call the doctor to make an appointment. Symptoms: Cough sounds different since yesterday; nice rash on left side of Logan’s face; runny, runny not-so-clear runny nose; sounds like Logan’s holding his breath and then taking labored breaths.

The nurse says, “Come on in!”

I should state here that our pediatrician’s office is about 45 minutes to an hour away. We love her (she has twins and a 3rd child – the 3rd is older than the twins though), so we don’t see any real need to change. I figure if there’s an emergency, we’ll be heading to the hospital anyway (and have), so it doesn’t REALLY make a difference…and it means that I get some alone time with the sick kid.

Okay…back to this wonderful Thursday…The appointment is at 9:40, so we leave at 8:30 to be there in plenty of time. The doctor listens to Logan’s lungs (a lot), checks his oxygen levels (a wee bit low), and decides to give him a nebulizer treatment right there in the office. Huh. okay – never done this before, but I should be able to handle it. They bring the machine and a mask in and tell me it’s okay if Logan cries for the 5 minutes it runs…in fact, it’s almost better if he does. Mmm hmm. Ya…mommy doesn’t like putting THAT much stress on him – especially when he’s sick, so when he showed signs of not liking the cool mask after about 30 seconds, I grabbed a pen and paper out of my purse and we went at it.

5 minutes later the doctor comes back, listens to his lungs and checks his oxygen levels again (both are better) and promptly orders an X-ray. Oh goodie! We head upstairs to the labs and hang out for a while. Mommy of the year over here had dressed Logan in a one-piece outfit, so I had him in his diaper and his coat – cuz they told me not to bother dressing him yet. So we’re running around – making all the old ladies laugh (and some of the doctors and nurses – but not all).

Finally it’s his turn to go into the room and mommy gets to hold him so he doesn’t move. More fun! He was a trooper though, and we didn’t have to re-do any of the x-rays.

Back down to the doctors office so she can read the x-rays and check the lungs again. LOTS of gunk in his lungs, but no real spots of pneumonia. She called it bronchitis, but said that it wasn’t really – just borderline. She wants him on antibiotics and also prescribed a nebulizer…that I have to give to him every 3 hours. Even over night. No sleep for me tonight! Eesh.

We finally left the doctor’s office at 11:20.

BUT I have to bring him back in to see her tomorrow morning. Poor little guy 😦

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