Does it ever end????

Two weeks ago Parker woke up from his afternoon nap with a fever of 104. The Naval Health Clinic was already closed for the day so we took him to the after hours clinic and was told he had an ear infection. They gave us some antibiotics and sent us on our way. Saturday morning, he was still VERY fussy and still had a fever above 103. We kept his fever around 100 all day with Tylenol, however Sunday morning his fever was still above 103! (He had no symptoms other than looking/acting like he didn't feel well and the fever) We took him back to the after hours clinic and as standard procedure they used the pulse oximeter and he was in the 89-90 range (should be at least 97)! The doctor looked him over and ordered a chest x-ray. Turns out the poor little guy had Pneumonia! He had a breathing treatment (which got his pulse ox up to 95) and an injection of antibiotics at the clinic and we continued breathing treatments and antibiotics at home for the next week.

The good news is Parker's pneumonia seems to be gone. However... Brian ended up spending the night in the ER with Rylee last night. She had a typical day, went to bed easily, and then around 10:30pm I thought I heard Parker moaning so I went in to roll him over (he had fallen asleep on his belly with his bum up in the air). But, when I went in, it was Rylee "snoring". We both looked at her and thought it was cute. Then we went to bed and about 10 minutes later Rylee started coughing and stood up crying. I went to get her and when I picked her up she was breathing really fast and wheezing every time she inhaled. She also would cough this horrible sounding (seal barking) cough and looked like she was in pain. Long story short, we called the navy and they sent us to the ER and after 6 hours Brian returned with Rylee...she has Croup. She had a breathing treatment at the hospital and will be on steroids and antibiotics for the next week. We are just hoping Parker doesn't get Croup!

I don't know what it is with my kids. They go from being perfectly fine to being all of a sudden sick! Parker went from fine to a 104 fever after an afternoon nap and Rylee went from fine to hardly breathing. I wish they'd give some warning that they aren't feeling well! They always seem to do this on a Friday night after the Naval health clinic is closed too!