Dominic seemed to be doing better yesterday, his fever was down. His cough was still pretty rough, but he seemed to be on the upswing. He spent the night with Dave and apparently was up coughing most of the night. Dave took him to school this morning and I got a call around 11am saying that his fever was back up to 101. I picked him up and got him an appointment with the pediatrician.
When we went to the doctor's office we were first seen by a resident. There was no strep, no ear infection, and lungs sounded pretty ok, so it appeared to be viral. But the resident said that Dominic seemed "more sick that just a normal sick kid" and wanted Dr. Lear to take a look at him as well. So Dr. Lear came in, took another look, and agreed with the resident's assessment. Since the cough is so horrid and this fever will just not go away she sent Dominic for a chest x-ray. Of course, by the time that was done it was 4pm so we didn't hear anything back today.
Poor thing has barely been able to stay awake today. He told me he was too tired to even eat. It's been a chore to get him to consume anything today. He had 1 piece of sausage for breakfast, two bites of hamburger for lunch, a bite of chicken nugget and one small piece of mandarin orange for dinner. I finally offered him a cookie figuring that at this point calories are calories and I don't really care how he gets them. He's lost at least 2lbs this week, maybe more.
Please say some prayers that Dominic will get better quickly! And while you're at it pray that I don't come down with this as well!
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