Michael has been sick this week. There's nothing like one of your children having a sore throat and a fever to put you into near hysterics. Your heart starts to pound, you get a little short of breath and your mind starts racing. "What now? How long before he goes to the hospital?" All of these thoughts in your mind as you push fluids and treat the fever, wondering when to take him to the doctor.
I took him on Wednesday morning. He was strep and flu tested and they both came back negative. Good, but also kind of annoying. The doctor declared this a virus and told us to bring him back if he got worse. Ok, so when's he going to get better? Don't get me wrong, I don't want him to have strep. But at least if he did, we'd know in a day or two that he was getting better because he'd have antibiotics to fight the bacteria. Viruses are less predictable.
Today Michael is running around a bit. Well, alternating between running around and laying on the couch resting. He's got to rest, get his strength back. Too much exertion when his body is still fighting whatever virus this is and then he's in the hospital.
Some days there's not much pause from the worrying.
On a different note, Nathan had his follow up with the cardiologist today. They did pulmonary function testing and a cardiac stress test. He passed them both! Hooray! His heart is all good and we are quite relieved. Now if we can get the migraines figured out we'll be in good shape. He's on topamax now and sees the neurologist again next week.
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