Pneumonia or RSV?

We took Cody in to Urgent Care last Saturday due to his really bad cough. He wasn't coughing frequently, but when he did cough it sounded like he had smoked three packs a day for 64 years. So we figured we better get him looked at.

The doctor listened to his chest for quite a long time and when he finally took the stethoscope out of his ears he pronounced that he believed Cody had a little pneumonia in his lower left lobe. He then continued to examine Cody; checking his eyes and ears and throat. He also said that it looked like Cody was just starting to get an ear infection as well. So he said we could do a chest x-ray to either confirm or deny the pneumonia, but that he would prescribe antibiotics for the ear infection anyways and that's what they would also give him for the pneumonia so we could do the x-ray if I wanted, but it would change the treatment much. So we just went with the Amoxicillin for 10 days and hoped that he would start sounding better soon. Both the doctor and the pharmacist said the antibiotics should kick in very quickly.

Well after three days he still had the horrible cough, and basically nothing had changed. Looking back I'm not sure he really had pneumonia; he could have had RSV and the doctor just thought it was pneumonia (which based on my research is a common misdiagnosis.) Also ear infections are a common symptom of RSV as well. I'm glad to be able to write that he's doing much better now and seems back to normal. He's so great, cause even when he had the horrible cough he was still the smiling little mouse we know and love. He was still eating and drinking great and playing like normal. He wasn't sleeping super great, but who knows if that was due to being sick or just a little phase.

As for Logan he's doing great. He had a mild cold the last couple of weeks, but is feeling great now. He's definitely heading into the terrible twos at full throttle. He knows how to push the limits just far enough without crossing the line. We'll tell him not to kick his brother and what does he do? He slowly extends his food just far enough so that it lightly touches Cody's head. Now is that really kicking Cody? Do I continue to tell him not to kick his brother when he's not really "kicking" him? He does things like that all the time; continuously pushing the limits. I can't imagine where he gets it from...Brian! Here's a prime example! As I was writing this post, Brian called from Madison (State Wrestling), so I put my computer down and answered the phone. Logan was playing with his train while I was talking to Brian (Brian could even hear him going, "Chooo Chooo"). When I hung up the phone with Brian I look up and there's Logan...he had pulled 12 keys off my work laptop! AAAARRRR I was able to fix all but 1 of them (the down arrow key), but seriously?!?!? The kid has to get into everything and the first thing he usually wants to do with a new toy or really anything is figure out how to take it apart. You seriously can not take your eyes off that kid for more than 30 seconds. If you do he's probably already distroyed something.

Here's a few pictures and a video of Logan. Could he be the next Brett Favre?



Action Shot! Look at that form!




Another picture of Logan with something on his head...SHOCKER! :-)


The other day Logan wanted to lay next to Cody so he set this up all by himself...well ok Mom helped him lay Cody on the pillow, but he put the blankets down and the pillows and pointed to where he wanted Cody. Such a good big brother!


Some pictures of Cody. Here he's playing with his favorite blue rattle. He loves to suck on it and shake it around.










And finally a picture of Cody sitting up all by himself. About a min or so is the most he'll be able to sit right now; then he usually reaches for a toy or something and topples over...or...


His brother comes by and knocks him over. I just love his picture cause Cody's face says it all. "Oh crap...down I go...thanks Brother!"