Monday, March 12, 2012

Whooping Cough?? Pink Eye- Yes!

Poor Lilly Belle is one sick gal right now. She started coughing about a week ago and it really just seemed like a normal cold until yesterday. She started coughing so hard that it was causing her to throw up and it has been just totally relentless. She can hardly catch her breath!
I had been trying everything to try to find her some comfort and nothing has helped much. I think she (and I) had about 3 hours of sleep last night.
I called to excuse her from school this morning and heard that there may be some cases of whooping cough in the works, so I immediately called to get her to the doctor. About an hour before her appointment, her right eye turned all red and she said it was hurting really bad.
It's a good thing we got an appointment today. The doc thinks she may have whooping cough. It takes a few days for the test to come back, so I have to keep her out of school and she will be getting a few breathing treatments a day until her results come back. We got the eye drops for pink eye so that should feel better soon.
All three kids are up-to-date on their pertussis vaccinations, but there is still always a small chance that they can catch it if exposed.
I hope Mac and Griff stay healthy through it all and I really hope she just has a virus type cold, not whooping cough!!
We will keep our fingers crossed.

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