Poor Ellie. The cold, the coughing, the intermittent low-grade fever. It is pneumonia. We treated her pneumonia with care: regular doses of Tylenol and/or PediaCare Cold. Delsym every 12 hours so that we could get short episodes of sleep. Snuggles. And a busy schedule including:
- School Monday, Wednesday, and Friday last week
- Several play dates last week and over the weekend
- Quite a few meals out
- Guests in town for the weekend (my wonderful youngest sister and her equally wonderful fiance)
- A trip to the Ren Faire in 90+ degree heat
- A party with 25 of our nearest and dearest for Daddy's (belated) birthday
- Church (including time in the nursery)
- Swimming
- A busy Memorial Day afternoon spent visiting at least 6 different furniture stores and climbing on their wares
- A boring Tuesday afternoon and evening spent in the doctor's office and the C.A.R.E.S. Clinic at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Poor, sweet little one.
And, to the parents of all the other kiddos we might have inadvertently exposed to this bug, I am very, very sorry.
3 comments:
Oh, hon! Hope she's feeling better soon soon soon. Poor little bug. (And poor bug's mama, with the Mama Guilt. Don't beat yourself up over it.)
Hope Ellie gets to feeling better....she was mentioned in our house last night (which is not odd) - see post for further details.
Thanks, PK and Jessica!
Ellie seems to be doing OK today. She's napping more than usual, but her breathing's not too labored. And when she's awake, whew, she's a whirling dervish of energy and chatter. Precious.
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