Baby's First Cold

Campbell has a cold, and it's a whopper! That's right, another milestone. It started out as a runny nose, then a cough, then a fever. Friday night I checked her temperature.. 102!! Jon wasn't home yet so I called my mom to ask what to do, fought off the urge to rush her to the emergency room, and gave her some Tylenol. Within 30 minutes it had gone down. The next morning we woke to a screaming baby. This never happens, Campbell always wakes up happy. Her fever had returned and did not respond to Tylenol.

Jon called her doctor who was familiar with this cold since I had already called about it earlier in the week. They gave us an appointment at 2:45, (it was 9:00)!! We spent most of the day holding her and trying to get her to eat. We both knew something was wrong, our happy smiley baby was miserable.

The doctor looked at Campbell for a few minutes and told us we needed to take her to the emergency room. My eyes filled with tears as she listed the tests she would need; a chest x-ray, her blood drawn, an antibiotic shot, a breathing treatment, and possibly a urine sample.

After spending the day at the hospital we were sent home with a pneumonia diagnosis, antibiotics, and an inhaler. Fortunately her oxygen levels were ok so they did not have to admit her. We both took a sick day on Monday so we could stay home with her. She still has a runny nose but her cough is gone.

It took a while but our happy baby is back!