You'd never know it by the cute little smile in this picture from today, but my Evan is sick.. it seems he has been since Christmas.. with one cold or another. Last week, he had a tummy bug for about 2 days.. but this new cold has struck him hard. His lungs are toast.. He gasps for breaths and feels miserable. Last night, he was up once an hour crying.. tonight he was whiny before bed.. crying himself to sleep, which he never does. We took him to see Dr. Gilpin today.. she gave him an antibiotic in case he has bronchitis, (she couldn't tell), and a steroid for his lungs since the nebulizer treatments (which he still needs 4 times a day) aren't doing the job. I feel so bad for him.. I hate that he is cursed with mine and his sister's lungs. It's so not fair. I'm majorly down in the dumps tonight. Work is pissed off at me because I need the day off to take care of him.. they say that everyone is out sick right now, but I don't know what to do.... I can't leave him with Grandma right now.. she's still dealing with the tail-end of pneumonia.. and Evan only wants to nurse right now when he is uncomfortable.. which is always.
(He's nursed so much today that I'm raw)
*sigh* Tomorrow is another day. Evie has school leaving me to focus just on Evan... she was super sweet and helpful today.. but I feel bad when I can't play with or entertain her while I am tending to him. A big "Thank you" to my friends Alyssa and Jen for watching Evie this morning while I took Evan to the doctor. At least Evie got to do something fun today.
Anyway... sorry for venting.. I just felt like I had to. and I think I'll look at Evan's smiling face in that picture a little more to remember why I am doing all of this!
Night all!
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