What’s with this kid? It feels like we’re in the walk-in clinic more than we are out of it lately. The nurses all know us by name and can list off the illnesses that he’s had. They still talk about the plaid shorts he wore a few weeks ago. I think that we might just move in, it will save some travel time.

This time around Dad-oo got the call, Eli had a fever at daycare, was lethargic and wouldn’t eat. At the time, the fever was around 103º. High, but not alarmingly high. But by the time they drove to the walk-in it had jumped to 105º. That’s scary. Eli has had his fair share of fevers in his 17 months, but this is the highest it has gone. Thankfully with a quick does of ibuprofen, it started to come down. One nebulizer and a chest x-ray later, it turns out that the last time he was in for a terrible cough, it was never fully treated. Possibly because the walk-in doctor we saw that time was terrible. He was the kind of doctor that just throws drugs at your kid without actually listening to you or really even paying attention to the sick kiddo. It was a terrible experience. So, even though his cough was gone and he was acting normal, the sickness was still there, festering below the surface, ready to jump out when we least expected it. So now Eli has bronchitis, possibly pneumonia and maybe strep throat. The first strep test came back negative, but that was the rapid test, so it’s likely that it was a false negative. And with my history or repeated strep and pneumonia as a kid, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he has all three. Poor kid. Now he’s on a stronger antibiotic to take care of what was left over from the last round and a steroid to help open up his lungs. He doesn’t even have a cough, yet when they gave him the neb at walk-in you could hear the congestion in his chest. This is one sneaky illness.

But the best part of the evening, was when I arrived at the walk-in. I had run to the Y after work, and didn’t know that Eli was sick until I was driving home. I quickly made a detour to meet Dad-oo and Eli at the walk-in, and as soon as I walked in the door, Eli smiled his big, bright-eyed smile and said “Momma!” According to Dad-oo, that was the first time he smiled all night long. It just melted my heart.

So for the next few days it’s [amazonify]B000GCJNLO::text::::Pedialyte[/amazonify], [amazonify]B000ARTNNI::text::::popsicles[/amazonify], [amazonify]B000F9Z20E::text::::Teddy grahams[/amazonify], ‘nanas and whatever else Eli will eat.

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