Last night when I was putting Whit to bed, I heard him cough several times, and I really didn't like the sound of it. It was very deep and had somewhat of a rattle to it. This morning, it sounded even worse, so I called the pediatrician's office, and they asked to see him this morning at 9:15am. Our regular doctor only works Monday-Wednesday b/c she has three small children of her own, so we waited for over an hour to see another doctor in the practice. Whit ended up falling asleep while we waited for the other doctor to come in! After looking him over, she told me that he has a DOUBLE ear infection and bronchiolitis (sp?), or inflammation of the bronchiole tubes. My poor baby!! Now Whit is on 2 antibiotics, one for his ears, which he takes for 10 days, and one for his bronchioles, which he is on for 5 days. Luckily, just like last time, he is in remarkably good spirits. Had it not been for his horrible cough, I would have never known he had an ear infection! He went to sleep last night at 7pm, and only woke up once at 10pm, before waking up for good at 6am. I am kind of surprised he slept as well as he did, but maybe the cool mist humidifier in his room helped him breathe better.
Needless to say, our getaway to the North Carolina mountains has been cancelled. We were going to take Whit up to the same adorable cottage Scott took me to on our babymoon trip last year, but I guess we will have to go another time. Oh, well. Hopefully, we will be able to reschedule the trip for some time in November. I really hope Whit will be all better in time for next weekend because we have an extremely busy weekend. Hopefully, his antibiotics will kick in and knock this stuff out! Please pray for Whit that he makes a speedy recovery!
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