This past week has been really hard. Ian had a cough for a few days which escalated into a high fever. We took him into the doctor on Tuesday. He had an ear infection and was prescribed antibiotics. The nurse called in the afternoon and encouraged us to come back in for a chest xray since she could hear Ian's cough was much worse than the morning. We were back to the doctor on Thursday for another chest xray and 2 high dose antibiotic shots in his legs to try to help him improve. The doctor found pneumonia and had us come back in on Friday to evaluate if the shots helped. He was also be monitored for dehydration since he had not kept anything down (the little he did take in) due to the nonstop coughing. On Friday he had another double dose of antibiotic shots in his legs (poor guy) and lots of prayers that this would work or we would be spending Saturday in the Children's ER. Justin and Ben flew to Ohio on Saturday morning to see Grandpa Ron and Jean and for Paul and Stephanie's son's baptism and Ian, Cami, and I stayed in our pajamas and watched movies most of the day. Ian coughed the day away, but started drinking small amounts of juice. We spent Saturday night in the rocking chair, continuing the nebulizer treatments every 2 hours to help him breathe. Thankfully, by Sunday afternoon he seemed to turn a corner. Justin and Ben returned late last night.
Another trip to the doctor this morning and Ian is getting better. He still has a strong wheeze and pneumonia, but it is not as bad as it was last week. We are thankful that God helped us get through this, although we are wondering why our family has been struck with illness since the beginning of January. I know there is probably a lesson in this, but I guess I will have to wait to find out.
