Sick bubba

Zacky was not feeling well Thursday or Friday. He had a fever and just wanted to be snuggled. I kept thinking it was just a cold--until Friday night. By Friday at midnight, Zack had absolutely no interest in anything--food, drink, toys. He just laid on the couch and didn't talk or move much. Zack suddently was having trouble breathing, and his resting pulse was around 150. I took him Saturday morning to the doctor, and found out he has pneumonia. His blood oxygen level was down around 90% when we first got there. The reason he had been so lethargic was because his lungs were so inefficient, and he was just suffering from a lack of oxygen. They had him use a nebulizer, and then came back to check about 30 minutes later. His oxygen was back up to 99-100%, but his resting pulse was still around 150. The doctor did an RSV test to make sure it wasn't viral, and then sent us home with prescriptions for antibiotics and albuterol. By the afternoon yesterday he was already feeling better because he was able to breathe.

After vomiting his first 2 attempts at medicine, Zack kept the antibiotic down, and by this evening he is talking and dancing and being silly again. He is still scared of the nebulizer--he thinks it is steam coming out to burn him! I can only do it when he is asleep, because he gets so worked up about it.

I've been savoring his mugga-muggas and booty-shaking dances today--I missed my spunky little guy. It's good to have him back.