Virus in May

After all of our family business in May, Lincoln (and I) caught a nasty cold as a result of being exposed to so many people. Lincoln is more susceptible to viruses due to his CDH history (under developed lung) and also being on Pulmicort, a steroid. It only takes a little bug to get him sick. I always seem to catch whatever Lincoln catches, too. I don't know if it has anything to do with me breathing his treatments in too (it's impossible not to) or just that I give him so many kisses! So both of us have been taking it easy this past week. Although Lincoln has had several colds over this past winter, this was the first time Lincoln had a wet cough, so I was a little worried. He was also running a low grade fever and wheezing more frequently. Lincoln also had coughed up slime, so pneumonia was on my mind. I contacted his doc at SLCH to let them know what was going on. She had me double Linc's inhaled steroid, and gave him 24 hours to improve or she wanted him to be seen. Thankfully, the treatment worked and Lincoln was improving by the next day and his fever had gone! I continued the increased Pulmicort for about 5 days and gave albuterol as needed. This seemed to do the trick for Lincoln and he is just about back to normal. I'm so happy that we didn't need to take Lincoln in. He whipped that virus' butt!