My House of Cards

Katie did all right over the weekend, but on Tuesday she started seeming more sick. She started wheezing a bit, her fever came back, and she wasn't interested in eating. I took her to the doctor (we had to see the staff nurse) and was told she had RSV. They gave her a shot of antibiotics, a breathing treatment, and sent us to the hospital for a chest x-ray. I can't remember ever being so very worried. We took the x-ray back to the doctor and it turned out she had a touch of pneumonia as well. They drew blood, and I don't even want to think about how awful it was. We did treatments every 4 hours and went back the next day to see our doctor. She added a medication and more antibiotics and asked for us back on Friday. (Today.)

Holy. Crap.

Today was better. The doctor says she's doing better and reduced the treatments from 6 a day to 4 a day and wants us back next week. I'm exhausted.

Pediatrician Frustration

Katie's coughing a little bit and she's got a fever. It wasn't too high at first, but I called her doctor anyway and left my message. They called me a couple hours later, asked some questions, and told me to call back if her fever got over 100.5'. An hour after that, her fever was 101', so I called, left another message, and... nothing. No call back, and the office is closed now. So.. What now? It's not that high a fever, but worthy of a call. Do I give her medicine or rush her to the ER? I really dislike my pediatrician's staff. It takes too long for an answer, and they never seem to give enough information.

I gave her some tylenol, and I'm just going to see how she does. She doesn't really seem like she feels bad, though the medicine made her sleepy.

JUST a Sinus Infection

Bobby's been sick, so he's been keeping his distance. I've been struggling with mucous (lovely, huh?) for about a week, but what could I do? Last night, though, I woke up feeling sick. I threw up twice, then settled into a nerve-wracked night on the couch, positive I had the flu and the baby was going to catch it and end up in the hospital and even if she survived, we were going to end up bankrupt and lose our house.

Drama much? I went to the doctor first thing this morning and was very relieved when my flu test came back negative. She said I had a sinus infection and gave me a shot (in the ass!) of steroids and a prescription for antibiotics. Yay! Just the flu.

I hate how nervous I am about everything. It seems like any tiny little thing is just going to unravel my whole life. Is this a form of post-partum?