Getting Better (We hope)

For those of you that don't know, I spent yesterday afternoon with Jessica in the ER. She went to the doctor's with Joe on Monday morning. The doctor determined that she had a bad virus. This consisted of a high fever, lethargy, etc. Sent her home. As of yeseterday morning, the fever did not subside and was, in fact, higher. I called the doctor back. They got me right in. She saw her regular doctor at the practice who knew she was anything but herself. Jessica let the doctor do all of her exam without complaining. The only time she complained was when she tried to look in her mouth (quite possibly due to the 7 teeth poking through). She laid out the options for me and the doctor and I decided to take her to the ER. I was very strong through it all (if I may say so myself). I took her over due to her being mildly dehydrated and the doctor wanting a chest x-ray. We could have done the x-ray outpatient (I have a script for it) but with her lethargy, the doc wanted the ER to look at her and possibly put in an IV. Long story short, she was a doll while there (in part due to her not wanting to move). My little mover and shaker just laid in my lap on the bed for the 3ish hours we were there. They found pneumonia in her right middle lobe of her lung. The fever was 102.9 with Motrin onboard. She was not doing well. The lungs sounded clear to everyone who listened so the pneumonia was a little bit of a shock but thankfully we have a doctor who is very proactive and thinks out of the box.

As of this morning, the fever finally broke. Thank God for antibiotics. Within a few hours of her first dose she started to perk up. We've been pushing the fluids and she is drinking better than yesterday.

A second Thank God for mom. She came down last night and is with Jessie until Friday so that Joe and I don't have to miss more work. I was out sick one day last week for me and then yesterday. Joe was home sick on Friday and Monday (for him and Jessie). He has a double ear infection. We are a mess. At least Jess and I are feeling a little better. She will have to miss her first Christmas (ehm, let me be politically correct - Holiday) Party at school on Friday.