Sunday came and his temperature hadn't improved so we called 1st Nurse and got him into the Sunday clinic. Dr Paschen didn't like that the fever was still around so Ben got to have his finger poked to check his white blood count. Everything was normal Sunday. Fast-forward to Tuesday morning. Ben woke up with a temperature of 102 so I got to take a day off from work. By 11 am his fever was up to 105. Another call to 1st Nurse and she said to call Pediatrics and let them know that Ben needs to be seen today. Our doctor had the afternoon off since he worked the Sunday morning clinic so we got to see the Nurse Practioner. At this point I really didn't care who we saw. I just want to get my baby better. She hears a crackle in the chest and wants to do another blood test to see if his white count has increased and also take a chest xray. After a few minutes of screaming and crying at the lab they poke his finger and the screaming stops. He then sits there and watches as they collect the blood in the tube. We got done there and went of to Radiology for the xray. He was fine with that since it wouldn't hurt and they woldn't be poking him any more.
The results are back. His white count is up to around 14, Sunday it was a 9. He has a rather large spot on his lung. It's pneumonia and we get to have two shots, one in each leg and ten days of antibiotics. The weird thing is, Ben doesn't mind shots. He laid there and watched the nurses the entire time.
We go back to the doctor on Friday to make sure that this is clearing up.
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