Thursday, December 30, 2010

My Poor Baby Boy

So, after a couple of weeks of on again/off again sickness between the 3 boys, this morning found Landon & I at the pediatrician's office.  Apparently, Landon's fever was down, but we discovered 2 different rashes on his body.  One rash was consistent with ruptured blood vessels from straining when he coughs (upper body), and the other was bright red spots that could possibly be a viral infection.  That one was scattered on his body, not specifically contained to one area.  His ears looked pink, no fluid, but he has been on "omnicef" for 7 days now, due to possible conjunctivitis and to keep him from catching strep throat from his brothers.  Considering he has been on this for 7 days, something else is fighting through it.  His throat looked good, but his cough is "evil".  Each day starts off with a coughing fit that leaves him gasping for air and eventually spitting up some phlegm.

A blood culture was done, and Landon CLEARLY was not happy, actually, he was pretty pissed off.  And he was sure to let everyone in the building know!  I can assure you, he is not happy "ALL" the time!  Add a bunch of ruptured blood vessels to his face, after that was done:(  Blood labs looked good (red down a tiny bit), nothing alarming, oxygen was perfect.  There seems to be a rattle in his chest, not exactly consistent with fluid in the lungs.  His little body seems to have multiple things going on which apparently is making it difficult to figure out what is going on.

The choice was: a) have all labs done at the pediatrician's office, and an antibiotic (in shot form) or b) have Landon admitted to the hospital for a battery of tests (pretty much what they did in the pedi's office, plus the antibiotic would be administered via IV).  We opted for plan "a" so as not to expose Landon to anything else, besides, I am sure the whole IV thing would not have been pretty.  Two hours later, no red flags, blood - ok, oxygen - ok, no labored breathing or gasping (unless he has a coughing fit).  So we are off to the hospital in the morning for a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia and will go back to the pediatrician for a re-check.  Hopefully 5 days on "azithromycin", will have our baby boy back to his bubbly self!!

Landon managed to eat a yogurt tonight......and kept it down!  Still trying to keep the fluids going (he's not feeling that too much).  Keeping our fingers crossed that his chest x-ray will be fluid free!  Not exactly how we were anticipating starting off the new year!

Praying for a happy & healthy 2011!!

9 comments:

  1. Hoping that sweet Landon feels better and gets back to his happy,smiley self soon!

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  2. Oh my, Landon, Ella doesn't like to hear that you are still feeling yucky!! She is happy to hear that your bloodwork looks great as that one is always her biggest worry. Ella also wants you to know that she is taking an antibiotic right now for some redness around her G-tube site so you can both be on antibiotics together. Get better soon!!

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  3. Oh gosh this doesn't sound pleasant at all, poor dear little Landon, I hope he feels better really soon, must be worrying for poor mommy as well. I hope the New Year bring with it good health above everything else, nothing like having our little ones healthy and happy.

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  4. Poor baby, loved to hear about all the fight he has in him though! Hope it is over quick for him and that his lungs get an all clear!

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  5. Glad he's feeling better today! Ugh, Sammi has had several of those rashy random viral infections, and they're never pretty. Just when you think your baby will never be back to their old self, they recover quickly! Happy New Year!

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  6. oh goodness! Poor Landon! poor Mom and Dad!!

    saying a prayer Landon gets better fast! it's so scary when they are sick like that.

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  7. Landon you silly boy, this is no way to ring in the new year!

    I hope the chest x-ray comes back negative and that he starts to get better ASAP I just can't stand to think of that little cutie sick and unhappy! Hang in there mama!

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  8. Poor Landon! I hope he feels better soon and that the chest x-ray comes back clear!

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  9. Claire has been fighting the junk too. I think I'm going to have to take her in...Hope Landon is feeling better!

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