Riley's cold

Since I couldn't work on the floors until Tom comes home, I called the Doctor to get Riley seen. We swing by Dairy Queen for a take out lunch. I figure Riley can't be that sick if he wants DQ. He orders the chicken strips and a small Blizzard. He is coughing a lot. I am glad we are going to the Doctor.





Vitals are good but they do hear fluid in his lungs. No fever, but building up to something bad. Riley stopped taking his cyclosporan two days ago. I thought it might help going off the immune suppressants a couple of days early. The doctor orders zithromax for five days and some codine cough suppressant to get through the nights with a good sleep. I am waiting now for a call back from OHSU to see if this is the course of action that they want us to take. Riley sounds worse by the minute as I wait to hear.





Riley and the doctor got a good chuckle when the doctor asked if I had put Riley in a bubble when he caught the disease initially . Riley said "Just about". I can't wait to rip up Riley's room now. Riley went through last year without missing a whole week of school. He blew off the small colds he got. This one is getting worse even with rest and fluids. It was the sanitary room he lived in. That crew of friends who came and remodeled Riley's room into a clean environment kept Riley well last year.





I am motivated more than ever now to get his new room carpet free.