Seriously!?!

Seriously. Cooper is off the antibiotic due to a possible allergic reaction. Not sure which antibiotic it is that bothered him though. He was given a dose of augmiten in the ER and then has had one dose of zithiromax at home because the insurance didn't cover the augmiten. Yesterday, I notice some small red bumps on his tummy. I remember thinking "hum, wonder what that is?" I thought it might be from the cold weather as my skin is awful this time of year. Then this morning, his chest and tummy is covered in little raised red bumps. It doesn't look terrible, but it doesn't look good either. Thing is, I can't remember when I noticed the bumps yesterday, if it was before or after giving him the dose of the zithiromax. So who knows which one is causing the reaction; it could be both. I called the ER where he was seen, and they said to dc the antibiotic and see the pedi tomorrow. Urg!
He seems to be feeling better. He is much more himself and is no longer running a fever. He is coughing a lot now and is wheezing some. But, that is a good thing I suppose; he is breaking that junk up. His reflux is really flared up. This is so frustrating. Why could he have not been doing that during the probe. I am really worried that it wasn't a very accurate account of his reflux because he was so sleepy. I'm sure it will be fine though. His meds should kick back in soon and he will be feeling better. Anyway, it has been a week!

He's got pneumonia

Well, Cooper has pneumonia. After running fever all night and lots of diarrhea, I decided to give the GI a call. The nurse told me she would feel best if we took Cooper into the pedi, but he was out of the office today. There was no other doctor in town that could/would see him, so I had to take him to the ER. I am very glad I did because we were able to get all the results quickly. They looked him over and after listening to his lungs decided to do a chest xray. They also did a swab for RSV and flu, both which were negative, and a stool sample which was normal as well. After finding the pneumonia in his left lung, they decided to run a battery of blood work. The CBC was normal, which was very good news, and he is not dehydrated. They also did a culture, but that will take a week. If it is normal, the pneumonia should clear up with the antibiotics they gave him. We will see the pedi next week to make sure everything looks good. I am glad to have an explanation for the fever and the diarrhea. I am also thankful for the steroids he was given while at Cooks because I believe that things might be worse if he had not had them. He probably got the pneumonia from aspiration while off his reflux meds or as a complication from the scope. Either way, we are treating it now and hopefully he will be back to himself soon. We will be spending the weekend at home. I think we may put up our Christmas tree tomorrow. It will be a fun weekend activity.