Sick again, or is it still?

So, we knew that there would be germs coming home from everywhere. School, me working with young children, possibly Joe (though that's less likely) the girls classroom. Ben has once again gotten another cold. Though, this one seems to be hanging on a lot longer. He has seen the pediatrician many times so far. The first time was because we got an email from the director of his school stating that roseola was in his classroom. Well, w took him to the pediatrician that day due to him having some congestion and being worried since one of the symptoms of roseola is congestion and a cough. The pediatrician said that it was not roseola, but just a cold. That was Aug 12.

When he had not gotten any better, about 10 days later, I took him back. Because he is immunocompromised, they decided to start him on antibiotics because it looked like his cold was heading towards a sinus infection and it was better to head it off sooner than later. They also started him on breathing treatment. We started doing a nebulizer 3 times a day. Oh man, he did not like that at first! We had to hold him down. Now, he will usually watch part of a cartoon while I do his treatment and sit still. But, he still tries to take it off after about 5 minutes, and tell me "all done!" It takes 10 minutes, so we can't just be "all done" after 5 minutes :) We also have followed up every 2-3 days with the pediatrician. Well, he is still sounding junky in his chest. So, we had a follow up again tonight. The pediatrician said he looks pretty good overall, but he still sounds junky and she would like his cough to be sounding better. So, now we are going to have an inhaler with a spacer to take with us when we are out and about and also possibly leave one with the school if he isn't getting over this cold soon. We also have to follow up again with the pediatrician in a week, once he has finished his antibiotic to see if he is any better. She is hoping once has finished the full course that he will be a lot better. I'm crossing my fingers. But, I'm unsure. I mean, if he has had almost a weeks worth of antibiotic in him and isn't better, well, how much better is 10 days worth going to get him? But, we will hope for the best.

So, needless to say, colds suck for this little guy! And as if that wasn't bad enough, not only did he get a cold and have a miserable time of it, he is such a giving little kid, he decided to share it with me. And, it couldn't just stay a cold, nope. I had to have it turn in to bronchitis and asthma exacerbation for me. Which came with it's own set of medicine's and medical bills. Luckily, the pediatrician said Ben's x-rays did not show any bronchitis or bronchiolitis, and she did not hear anything in him that would indicate such things. It also did not show any pneumonia, or an enlarged heart or anything like that. So, everything looks good on that end. He just can't kick this cold easily because he has a very low immune system. And, that will probably be what happens for the rest of his school days. One cold after another. Hopefully, when he gets over this cold he can stay well for a good long while! He has his biopsy coming up on Sept 12, and we need him to stay well so that we don't have to reschedule that.

getting his breathing treatment