The day before BD left for camp, she developed a cough. She insisted that she felt fine, so I chalked it up to allergies and sent along some Delsym and over the counter allergy meds.
Yesterday she mentioned an incident at camp when she had trouble breathing while playing a game of tag. I thought about calling the doctor, but she still swore she was fine. Optimist that I am, I believed her.
After falling asleep last night while I was still reading to her (something that hasn’t happened in years), she woke up at 6 AM coughing so hard she couldn’t breathe. She eventually fell back asleep and woke up claiming she still felt fine. Too late. I had already made a doctor’s appointment for her.
She has pneumonia. This makes me 0 for 2 this year in pneumonia diagnosing.
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Ouch
So much for Dr. Mom.
Oh man! That is a bummer!!! Hope she licks it quickly… Who’dathunk?
How scary for you! Hope she gets well soon, poor little love!
That’s a no-win situation every time. If you had kept her home, she would have been fine & mad at you. And bored (scary). Don’t be too hard on yourself, Mama! Sending lots of love & hugs for BD and you!!
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Awww, poor thing! Pneumonia, while treatable, is NOT fun…for anyone!
One of my principle memories of second grade is watching this kid have pneumonia for what seemed like MONTHS and I remember one time when we were sitting on the floor in the library watching a video and he puked all over the place and just SAT in it! I think I remember this so clearly because he was my arch nemisis and seeing him suffer this embarrassment gave me quite a thrill at the time, but still…