Well THAT wasn't fun :(

Yep, Bennett was in the hospital again. Sheesh! This kid likes to keep momma on her toes!

Sunday - runny nose. No big deal...

Monday - cough. Upped his nebulizer meds and added in some albuterol and chest PT just in case...

Tuesday - woke up with a bit of a wheeze, told Ace to keep an eye on it. Called the pediatrician and was told he didn't need to be seen unless the nebs weren't keep him clear for 4-6 hours, eating dramatically decreased, was having retractions, or losing color. He progressively got worse as the day went on, so I decided to take him to the ER for a chest x-ray just in case...

Good thing I took him! His oxygen saturation was fine (high 90s), but the x-ray showed pneumonia in both lungs. Lovely. His nasal mucous tested negative for RSV and they weren't able to identify any virus from it. They weren't able to draw blood because his veins were constricted from the breathing treatments they gave him, so they weren't able to do a blood culture to see if that gave us insight as to the origin of the pneumonia.

The doctor admitted him overnight to observe and to get a jump start on the pneumonia with IV antibiotics. He satted fine all night, but boy was he hyper! The albuterol makes him very tachycardic (elevated heart rate) and punchy. I'd get him to sleep, lay him down and his eyes would fly open and he'd jump and give him this smile and look of a crazed person. It was actually kinda funny. Except that he only slept maybe 6 hours the entire night. Four of those hours were in my arms. Which means, I slept only 2 hours. FUN FUN FUN!!!!

He was doing great this morning, so they discharged him (YAY!!!) with a bunch of meds (booooo!). Praying his lungs clear up FAST!!!