Oh what a night...

Trey and I had to take Luke to the emergency room last night. Luke has been sick for a few weeks now, and couldn't seem to shake the cold he had. He ran fever again this weekend and when he woke up from his nap yesterday afternoon, he seemed like he had a little trouble breathing. I called the doctor, who told me to take him to the ER. Once at the ER Luke had a temp of 102. They did an RSV test and did chest x-rays to look for pneumonia. The RSV came back negative but he did have a small spot on his right lung and they ruled it as community acquired pneumonia. The doctor said it wasn't severe enough to have him hospitalized but he would have to go back on antibiotics. We returned home around 8pm, I got Luke to bed and around 9pm he woke up and had vomited and was shaking. We called and took him back to the ER where he had a temp of 104 (which was the cause for the shaking after they had given him Motrin a few hours earlier). He was given Tylenol and since they knew the cause for this (the pneumonia) there wasn't too much cause for concern. His temp came down. The doctor said he was in the gray area so he gave us a choice to either admit him or take him home. Well, I know I am not sound enough to make that decision on my own because I would have said, let's admit him. So I asked the doctor what he would do and he said if it were his child, he would take him home.
We got home around midnight last night and Luke slept well. The vomiting was from the antibiotics so he's on another medication to help keep the antibiotic down. He woke up this morning, hungry, but acting like himself which gives me peace of mind!
We will take him to the doctor tomorrow so they can see if the antibiotics are working.

Thanks so much for the text messages and calls to see how he was doing. It's a scary thing to take your child to the hospital and have no clue what is wrong with them. We are very fortunate to have such caring family members and friends. Please keep Luke in your prayers as we continue to get him well!