No school for me today!

Yesterday I was not my normal active self and I was coughing some.  At 4am I really started coughing in my sleep. I did not have a fever.  I woke up at 5 saying my throat hurt and I felt bad and I needed some medicine.  That was the first time I have ever asked for medicine.  Mimz gave me some medicine and I fell back to sleep.

I ate some toast so that was good.   All morning I could not stop coughing so Mimz made an appointment for me to see Dr. Watson at 11am, since Dr. Lacour was busy.   The adults all agreed I should stay with Mimz so we would not expose GGF and GGM to my sickness.   Barbara came to the appointment to help Mimz if needed.  When Mommy heard I was going to the doctor she took her lunch hour to come see what Dr. Watson had to say.  I weighed 38.2  pounds (67 percentile).  I did not have a fever.

I have bronchiolitis, which is not as bad as bronchitis.  Both are viral in nature but I don't have an infection.  I took a 12 minute breathing treatment.  I slept through most of it.  I was so tired from all that coughing.  It was obvious I was not feeling good.  The breathing treatment helped, so Dr. Watson suggested I take them at home also.

We forgot to take my traditional picture on the funny seat in the waiting room, and the room was full of people so we sat in the corner away from everyone in case I have something contagious.  You can tell from this picture I was not feeling my normal rambunctious self.
A couple of times at the doctor's office I mentioned my tummy hurt.  I said it again when we got home, so Mimz suggested I try to use the bathroom.  We were on our way, and made it to the bathroom, when I threw up, but I didn't make it to to the toilet.  Sorry, Mimz.   I think that might have been the fourth time in my life that I threw up.  (Not counting a bit of baby spit-up, but I didn't have much of that either.)   

Barbara went to the pharmacy for the breathing machine and medicine and brought them to Mimz home so Mimz and I didn't have to wait in a pharmacy.    Guess what.... after  I got sick, I started to feel better.  I was more active and talkative.  I had talks with both Barbara and Mimz about how I needed to rest today, even though I was feeling better.  I could not rough-house or play tackle football.  Oh, Daddy is thinking my playing tackle football (while wearing a helmet) and rolling around on the ground, might be what caused me to start my getting sick.  I tend to have a few allergies and such.


After a few hours at home, I started coughing again.  I am to have breathing treatments every four hours for 24 hours and then every 6 hours for 24 hours.  I could have more treatments after that if needed.

Around 2:30pm I ate some chicken noodle soup and crackers and it didn't bother my tummy.  I stayed on the sofa all afternoon either watching TV or talking to Mimz.
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I started coughing again around 3:20pm so I will get a breathing treatment soon.