And We Thought We Were Done With Sick Season.....

After a relatively quiet April (only one unplanned trip to the pediatrician and one round of a stomach bug--pretty tame compared to the previous months!), May has been quite busy.  It started when Sarah brought home a nasty bug from school.  She stayed home one day a couple weeks ago with a fever, runny nose and eyes, coughing and lots of sneezing.  She felt much better by the next day.  However, mid-way through the next week, it was apparent the rest of us had caught the cold as well.  Megan took a trip to the pediatrician Thursday due to wheezing and Matthew went on Saturday for the same reason so we have been doing nebulizer treatments with both of them.  They really clear up Megan's wheezing and help Matthew a little although not as much.  Monday we had a follow up appointment for them.  On the way to drop Sarah off at school, she complained of a headache and tummy ache.  Since her productive cough was still lingering and she rarely complains about not feeling well, I added her to the appointment.  Turns out she has pneumonia.  She's now on antibiotics and breathing treatments.  She likes the breathing treatments, I think because she thinks it's cool to do the same thing as Megan and Matthew--like a bonding experience or something.  Megan and Matthew were both still wheezing on Monday.  Megan is taking steroids and we have a follow up appointment tomorrow.  If they're not doing better they will likely go on antibiotics since there's a strong possibility there is a bacterial infection.  I guess we'll see.  As for U and Me, well, we haven't felt good but at least at this point it looks like we just have viral infections.  What a sick season!