Are you KIDDING ME???

Went to the pediatrician this morning for our 9:30 appointment. We got home at 12:30 this afternoon. The doc did a urinalysis (you don't want to know how they get a sample from a 2-year-old) to check for a UTI. That was negative, thankfully. Then she told us she was sending us over to the Lab for a chest x-ray. WHAT? Sure enough, that news wasn't so good. Isabelle has pneumonia!

The good news is that she "just" got it and it's very minor. This last week has not been pneumonia the whole time. Whatever she's had this whole week got her immune system out-of-whack and the pneumonia is a development/complication that came after the fact. A chest x-ray just two days ago might not have even showed pneumonia, that's how minor it is.

But, they still need to treat her with the full antibiotic regimen since pneumonia can be tricky to get rid of. She has to have two days of shots (today and tomorrow) followed by 10 days of oral antibiotics. She also has to take the liquid form of Albuterol (which I take through an inhaler for my Asthma). She takes that until the cough subsides. The problem is that the side effects are extreme hyperactivity and irritability. Greattttt! As if Ed and I aren't already at the end of our rope this week!

So, send some happy thoughts and prayers for our little Bean. The doc expects her to be fine after one round of antibiotics, but she'll probably need a few follow-up appointments over the next weeks and months to be sure it stays away. I guess pneumonia has a tendency to linger and/or re-appear for weeks or even months after it's been treated.