Mommy MD

I think I've mentioned a few times lately about Jolie's on-going cough and such. It still wasn't getting any better and since she'd had it since the new year, we took her back to the doctor on Friday. They said again that it was just a bad virus and she'd be on the mend for awhile. At this point I was about ready to throw in the towel--now I had taken her to the doctor TWICE and still just a virus! I was convinced it was something more, but then started to doubt myself and think maybe I was overreacting.

While we were in Graettinger, she started getting a very runny nose, very sleepy and not eating or drinking as much. But we toughed it out and she'd have moments where she acted fine so we kept on. When we returned Sunday, I had to head to Wood River for some meetings on Monday so it was just Jolie and dad. He kept me updated and said she was doing well and the drop off at school went well Monday morning.

Soon we got a call from school that Jolie wasn't feeling well. She wasn't eating or drinking at all, had the poos and a fever, and was just plain miserable! Nothing like that guilt while I'm out of town!!!

So Josh picked her up and took her back to the doctor. They were there for 2 1/2 hours and had to do blood work and a chest x-ray (which Josh said was very traumatic for both of them!) And now she has pneumonia! We started an antibiotic and are doing breathing treatments every 4 hours. How fun!!! For the most part though, she's handled it pretty well. Every once in awhile she really fights the breathing treatment, but generally she's pretty content to snuggle with you and just take it in.

We'll head back to the doctor on Thursday at which point I will ask them for my medical degree because I totally diagnosed this two weeks ago!!! hehe--maybe not, but at least I'm reassured that I'm not completely crazy!

The breathing treatments are definitely helping and we can tell she's improving already. She's just a little champ!