Sick again

Riley has a cold and has been missing school again. He was sent home from first period on Monday for excessive coughing. I took him to the doctor on Tuesday. His lungs were clear. they said to just treat the symptoms and wait it out. He doesn't seem to be getting better or worse, but not well enough to go to school.

I have been in contact with the school, trying to decide whether to activate Riley's 504 plan again, a unique circumstances form. This is a form that gives Riley accommodations, extra time to get work done and assistance as needed. It is unfunded, unlike the IAP, which gives the school extra federal dollars, to help struggling children succeed.

I called the Doernbecher clinic. They affirmed the decision to hold off on antibiotics. With good lungs, we don't leap automatically to antibiotics as we did a year ago. Now we wait on Riley's body to heal itself. They want him coughing to keep the lungs clear, which is what he was sent home from school for doing. His cough was disruptive and sounds nasty. A deep barking cough. The doctor asked if Riley had his Pertussis vaccine, whooping cough. I told the doctor Riley had caught it as an infant, which should make him immune.

So now we watch and wait, again, for Riley