First Scare Of The New Year!

Chad and I arrived back in Virginia on the January 1st.  Mee-Maw and Grandpa had been here watching the kids, while we were in NC for a wedding.  It was pretty late at night, and Mee-maw mentioned that Charlie appeared to be a little under the weather.

The next day, Mee-maw, Grandpa, Lauren and I headed to the University of Maryland to watch the Lady Terps play basketball.  Chad stayed home with Charlie, who had a slight fever and suddenly began vomiting.

The next day, Charlie woke up with a higher fever (102 range) and clearly did not feel well.  He was very clingy and just wanted to be held.  As I was preparing lunch, Grandpa was holding Charlie and noticed that he seemed very warm.  During lunch, Charlie vomited again, and when I went to change his clothes, I took his temperature.  When the thermometer read 105.1, it was clear that we needed to take him to the emergency room.

Grandpa went with me, and it was fairly painless.  They admitted him and ran a few tests.  One for the flu, and some chest x-rays to rule out pneumonia.  The only time he was not freaking out with the doctors was when they came to roll him down to the x-ray room.  He loved that part!  Once the tests were over, Charlie finally allowed us to leave him in the bed.  He looked so tiny there, but he did manage to get some rest.  

After a while, the tests came back and Charlie was diagnosed with pneumonia in his left lung.  Fortunately, his fever broke while we were in the hospital, and they sent us home with antibiotics and instructions to watch him carefully over the next few days.

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The next morning, Charlie woke up and his fever was gone.  He finally had his appetite back and was getting into everything once again.  It is truly amazing how quickly kids can bounce back.  

We finished the round of antibiotics and he is just fine!!  It was scary at the time, but now we can say we survived our first trip to the ER with a child.  Hopefully there will not be many more in our future!!