Sick

Monday night I took Will to Urgent Care - the after hours "instead of going to the ER for illness or injury that doesn't require the ER but occurs after your doctor's office closes for the day" doctor's office. He had been running a fever that had been responding to ibuprofen, but kept returning. He also wasn't acting like himself. Since Urgent Care is a first come, first served business, we had a little bit of a wait, but not too bad. Will was so good during the wait.

NOW.....when the lab tech pricked his finger to check his white blood cell count and swabbed his throat for a strep test, he had the reaction that most anyone would have - or at least the reaction any almost two-year-old would have - he screamed. And cried. Understandably so. Turns out he has a mild case of pneumonia.

PNEUMONIA? It's August!

Yep, pneumonia. And an eye infection.

So, as we left Urgent Care at 9:00 PM, prescriptions in hand, with no cell phone to let Eric know the diagnosis or our destination, we took off for Walgreens to get his prescriptions filled. Let me back up. We stopped at Hy-Vee first because I mistakenly believed their pharmacy was open 24 hours. Nope.

We had to wait for just a little while at Walgreens - Will occupied himself by picking out plastic plates, bowls and cups for himself and Jack and Ali - Nemo, Disney's Cars, and princesses. Perfect choices, I might add! I couldn't believe how well he was taking everything - here he was, not feeling well, feverish, and up nearly TWO hours after his normal bedtime, and he was taking it all in stride. We picked up his antibiotics and eye drops and headed home.

Have you ever tried administering eye drops to a 2 year old? If you haven't, and you don't need to, I recommend you DON'T. Even with both Eric and me, I don't think we managed to get an entire dose into his eyes. Maybe that's why the instructions are for three drops in each eye - they figure you'll miss with two, and only get one where it's meant to go.

Since he was warm when he woke up in the morning, I stayed home with Will. It worked out that I was able to check into work periodically, and only had one appointment today. Eric took his lunch during that time and I ran out to my appointment. Other than that, it was Mommy and Will day. I have to imagine in his mind, it was glorious. He and Jack typically come as a "package deal": where you find one, you find the other. It was nice being able to spend time focusing completely on Will. I really need to do that more often - spend special time with both Jack and Will individually. Hopefully, next time it won't be when one is sick!