Now What Do I Do?

It has been a good run for B-man. He has been well since last July. Thursday, he began with a tummy bug and stopped eating. Now he has a cough and fever. I am pretty sure he aspirated at some point and possibly has pneumonia...again. I have lost count of how many times he has had it. It was a frequent thing until we began what we lovingly call the stinky treatment. It is a medication that is used in his nebulizer that smells like rotten eggs. Sounds yummy huh? It liquefies the mucous in his lungs so he can cough it out more easily. I will call his doctor in the morning and she will most likely call in a script for antibiotics. We have a rapport, she and I. I am very grateful for her confidence in the fact that I know my son and how his illnesses present. Before we found her, we spent countless hours sitting in the doctor's office only to have him say, I don't know what is wrong, let's just call it viral. We nearly lost him during one of those "viral" infections that turned out to be a raging case of pneumonia.

I was in my hometown last week, supposedly to care for our daughter, sissy, who was having surgery. However, once again, B-man and his sudden illness took precedence over her. Sadly, this has been a recurring theme in her life. Sometimes I think God allowed her to develop her blood disorder so we would be forced to turn our attention away from B-man and focus on her. I don't know that for sure, but it makes sense.

I am tired tonight and have a long day ahead of me tomorrow so I am going to sign off for now. Hopefully I will get back to writing soon.