I took Wren to the pediatrician yesterday because his cough has been sounding increasingly crackly. Its the cough part of a cold that has lasted 2 weeks or so and he hasn't been acting obviously sick but is obviously snotty.
Dr Levitt listened to his chest and said she could hear some crackles at the lower back. She felt that he could have a secondary pneumonia so prescribed Zithromycin, one per day for three days. He took his first today.
Meanwhile, Frost has been ill too. I think it is something different because it started with a fever on Sunday night and a sudden cough. He has had a bad hoarse cough since then, much worse at bedtime and in the morning. His fever isn't high but for the first day he had a bad tummy ache and ate very little. He's eaten a bit more today but is still lethargic and unwell.
I spoke to Dr Levitt about him too - wondering whether we should have a rapid flu test on Frost in case it is Frost flu and Wren catches it from Frost. She said we could do that or wait and see whether Wren develops a fever illness first. I decided to wait and see.
Unfortunately, this fever means Frost will miss his graduation trip with school. He is sad but there is nothing to do about it now.
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