Sick & Injured

I'm really glad this week is over! Phillip started getting sick early in the week and originally had a fever, cough and runny nose. When his fever went away I figured he'd be on the mend soon. However, his cough kept getting worse...and the fever came back. So, Thursday since the weather had cleared up I drove him to Laramie to the doctors. As it turns out he has Pneumonia and ear infection. Truthfully I probably wouldn't have taken him in if Stuart had said it was a good idea. I'm glad I did because his blood oxygen level was at 88 and even with a breathing treatment it only went up to 90. Those don't sound horrible, but for a 3 year-old it isn't great. So, now he's on antibiotics, Prednisone (which makes him really WIRED!), and of course his breathing treatments. I don't even have to time the breathing treatments because right around the 4 hour mark Phillip starts asking for one.

Samuel also had quite a week. On Wednesday he went to wrestling practice. I had a feeling he shouldn't go, but away he went. Right after Stuart picked him up at 8 he called me and said that he thought we should take Samuel to the ER....what a way to start a conversation with the child's mother! I freaked a little and then he told me somehow Samuel landed wrong (and we're pretty sure someone landed on him) and the coaches were sure he either fractured his upper humerus (yes I had to look up what the bone is called) or he tore a muscle.

Stuart insisted on taking Samuel to the ER because he says it's his job since it was a sport injury. I felt so guilty for not taking him in! After an x-ray they determined that they don't think it's broken. Technically it still could be broken by the growth plate which won't show on an x-ray. So, if he's still not using his arm by Thursday of next week we get to go back to the doctor. He was given a sling for "comfort" but he's tried to go without it and so far no luck. He thinks his sling is pretty darn cool since his cousin Stephen had one last summer when we saw him. Samuel idolizes Stephen so to be like him is fine...despite the pain in his arm.

Hopefully everyone is feeling better this next week because my sister and her son Carson are flying into Denver for a visit and we're going down Friday to see her and Grandma and Grandpa Baxley...I'm SO excited, I haven't seen Cori or Carson since last July!