We are experiencing another first with Micah: pneumonia. He woke Monday night, after going to bed healthy as can be, with croup. It was exactly how they describe it in the books, a seal barking cough. He was really upset because he was having such a hard time breathing. We stuck his head in the freezer and then steamed up the bathroom with the shower. The next day we went to Target to purchase his new night night friend: a Crane penguin humidifier. He woke the next morning seeming okay. He woke up again Wednesday night screaming and then again Thursday night. Finally on Friday I was contemplating taking him to the doctor because of the obvious pain he was in the nights before. I asked Jamie to come listen to his chest and she said she would take him if he were her child. I am so thankful she told me to go because it seems we caught it really early. We loaded up the Expedition, (Matt's dad has been kind enough to switch cars with us so we can all ride together) dropped the Costellos at the mall, and took a visit to the doctor. He was glad we came in because he heard a rattle in Micah's lung and prescribed an antibiotic to treat his mild pneumonia. So far the cough seems to be the same, and I still hear the rattling. I am praying it will resolve soon. We gave Micah one of his Christmas presents early so he could have a distraction. It is a text messenger that is also a planner and calculator, etc. He loves pushing all the buttons, syncing it with his watch, and plugging phone numbers in.
We are experiencing another first with Micah: pneumonia. He woke Monday night, after going to bed healthy as can be, with croup. It was exactly how they describe it in the books, a seal barking cough. He was really upset because he was having such a hard time breathing. We stuck his head in the freezer and then steamed up the bathroom with the shower. The next day we went to Target to purchase his new night night friend: a Crane penguin humidifier. He woke the next morning seeming okay. He woke up again Wednesday night screaming and then again Thursday night. Finally on Friday I was contemplating taking him to the doctor because of the obvious pain he was in the nights before. I asked Jamie to come listen to his chest and she said she would take him if he were her child. I am so thankful she told me to go because it seems we caught it really early. We loaded up the Expedition, (Matt's dad has been kind enough to switch cars with us so we can all ride together) dropped the Costellos at the mall, and took a visit to the doctor. He was glad we came in because he heard a rattle in Micah's lung and prescribed an antibiotic to treat his mild pneumonia. So far the cough seems to be the same, and I still hear the rattling. I am praying it will resolve soon. We gave Micah one of his Christmas presents early so he could have a distraction. It is a text messenger that is also a planner and calculator, etc. He loves pushing all the buttons, syncing it with his watch, and plugging phone numbers in.
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