Pneumonia

Pneumonia 

Marshall hasn't seemed like himself in weeks. He's been fussier then normal and not sleeping well. Right around his first birthday he and Brayden came down with croup. The doctor prescribed Brayden with a steroid the night before Marshall also came down with it- so we started treating both boys. It worked- the croupyness disappeared but the constant nasal drip crankiness continued. 

Monday Marshall started a fever. I thought he was probably fighting off another virus going around and just started treating him with Motrin. The next day the fever continued. I knew he was hot- but was busy- so I just kept up with the medicine and tried to let him rest. Rest he would not! By the afternoon- I was feeding him some milk and grabbed the thermometer 104! Ouch! Time to call the doctor.

I called explaining that his fever was 104 with Motrin and it was probably high for the last 24 hours. I also stated he had croup a few weeks back and had had a runny nose for a month. They immediately wanted to see us- so I packed the kids in the car and shipped them to Chick-fil-a with Jon while I took Marshall in.

Within minutes of my arrival the doctor wanted us to head to the ER. She first gave him tylenol to try and lower his fever- but it went up instead. She didn't give us a lot of info- just that she was concerned and wanted him to be tested and treated- and also get some hydration. 

The ER (of course) was busy but they moved us along pretty quickly. Marshall had an IV in place and a little cast over his arm to prevent him from pulling it out. He was so tired (he didn't sleep all day) and he did not want to be messed with. Every time a nurse or doctor would walk in he start crying and cling to me saying "all done momma" "all done!" 

It broke my heart but I was thankful he was being treated and taken care of. He had a chest xray and a series of blood work taken.

Early into Wednesday morning, with Marshall's fever down, they sent us home. By the next morning- he was a different boy! Doctors called me first thing to ask me to come in. There, the doctor stated she was pretty certain he got an infection on top of his croup and his lungs were also cloudy and he had pneumonia. Nothing a few doses of antibiotics won't take care of! 

He is doing so much better. Praise God!

Here are some sad little pics of my sweet boy: