Sick, Sick, Sick

I feel as though that is the theme around here. Tommy has had a cough/cold for over a month. Ryan had a fever and cough on Christmas (thank you Walgreens workers for being in on Christmas day), Ellie was at the ER at midnight last night with an ear infection, etc... We have all been pretty miserable this month.

But this is about sweet Tommy. Yesterday we decided it was high time the poor little guy got checked out. He had a fever and the cough was sounding worse. Steve took him in to the doc and he prescribed a steroid and antibiotic. Then he sent us down to a lab in Champaign to get some chest X-rays taken, just to be sure. Well, have you ever seen how they take X-rays of little ones? Because babies are obviously very squirmy. I just had to take a picture on my phone. And let me tell you, our little guy was such a trooper. We sat in the waiting room for 1 1/2 hours to get 5 minutes worth of x-rays. So we went back, and after removing his shirt, Tom was placed into this little tube thingy.


I cannot believe how mellow he was about this. That's some COLD plastic! And Tommy? Just sat there wiggling his fingers and swinging his feet. The tech couldn't believe it and had some of the other techs come take a look because he was so cute. I even got him to smile while sitting in there! He had an x-ray from the front and back. The results: pneumonia! Not good. So, I took him back to the doctor where they gave him two shots as boosters to get his body healing. He was back at the doc today for a follow-up and they put him on another antibiotic to make sure and kill it for good. But, being the sweet boy he is, you'd never know he didn't feel well. All smiles and sweetness. I sure love this little guy. I hope we can get rid of this so we both can start getting more sleep at night!