First Professional Photographs

Charlie's first professional photographs were taken on Saturday-- by an x-ray technician. We took him back to the doctor because he had gotten worse the night before, not really eating much at all, and coughing more and more. They heard a bit of noise on the right side of his chest, so they sent us for xrays to rule out pneumonia. The xrays were not conclusive, so we got an antibiotic to try and treat him either way.

The x-ray process was difficult-- it took both John and I to hold him into place properly for the two films that they took. He also vomited all over his car seat while we were registering-- spitting up everything he had eaten that morning. But now we know where the Children's Hospital Outpatient center is. It's good to know for future reference that they have an urgent care there, and it's very close to our house.

We headed on up to Cleveland as planned after that, figuring that he'd sleep just as well (if not better) in the car than he would at home. All the Robenalts were happy to see him-- we just warned them that he was sick in case they were concerned about holding him. The antibiotics seemed to help, and he was much better on Saturday night, sleeping for a good 4 hour stretch when we first put him down. On Sunday morning he seemed more himself, kicking away in the bouncy seat, which we'd taken with us on the trip.

Sunday night he seemed to take a turn for the worse, coughing much more and resisting feeding again. The pediatrician had asked us to bring him back in today (Monday) anyway, since they had seen some swollen lymph nodes on the x-rays on Saturday, so we made an appointment for first thing. They listened to him again, and heard just a little bit of noise in his chest. Since we already had him on the antibiotic, and there wasn't much we could do if it was viral, they just suggested using a breathing treatment to see if it eased his symptoms and helped him to get better. So he has a neat little contraption that connects to an inhaler, which we'll use every few hours. We will also keep giving him Tylenol at night to try and make him more comfortable for sleep. You can look at John's flickr site for photos of Charlie taking a breathing treatment at the doctor's office.

In the meantime, I myself got a sore throat and fever last night. Tylenol broke my fever, but I still have a sore throat. I went in myself this morning after we took Charlie in, and got an antibiotic. I'll stay home from work again tomorrow and hopefully we'll both be feeling better after that.