Mom is not a happy camper!!

We are still dealing with the illness here but guess what?!  The kids were misdiagnosed.

Remember I took Andrew in on Sunday - he was diagnosed with pneumonia and put on Augmentin.  Skylar was taken in on Wednesday and put on Zithromax.  Skylar has had such a huge turnaround today that I called the doctor back and said Andrew doesn't look so good.  See Skylar ate a can and 1/2 of soup for lunch, he has lots of energy and has had a great attitude.  Andrew still won't eat hardly anything, cranky and has little to no energy - no change whatsoever and he has been on meds since Sunday.

We walk in and the doctor says - it isn't pneumonia - you know that right?  No, I thought it was.  She had looked at the x-ray and called a different radiologist - both agreed - no pneumonia.

I had her look at Skylar's x-ray to double check it.  No, she doesn't have pneumonia either.  They both have congestion in their lungs and that is quite evident but it isn't pneumonia.

The diagnosis for both of them = whooping cough!!

The reason Skylar got better so quickly is zithromax is what they treat whooping cough with but the augmentin is not.  So she got covered quickly while Andrew was still fighting the bug.

Once again I should have gone with my gut.  See I didn't think Andrew was doing better on Wednesday and when I called the office, the nurse kind of blew me off with that he hadn't been on the meds long enough and I need to give it more time.  I should have pushed it and pushed to see our regular doctor.  Anytime, we don't see our regular doc I am unhappy.  I am glad we stayed home and didn't expose people to all this mess.

My nightly canvassing hasn't been very nightly but this crazy illness is to blame.  I will definitely get moving this weekend as we have less than 25 days to election day.  One of the most amazing things seems to be happening.  People are talking about politics.

There is a man in the neighborhood that has painted his car/jeep with an American flag and fighter jets and he usually has an American flag and Gadsden flag hanging off the back.  We love that car and whenever we see it the kids get excited and wave.  If I am driving they want me to honk.  Well tonight I was making dinner and this man is at the door.  Now, I have a no soliciting sign so I don't get people stopping by usually.  The man introduces himself - he is the flag car guy!!  He had noticed my signs in the yard, my American flag hanging and wanted to stop by and introduce himself and invite us to a celebration party the Friday after election day.  He wants to celebrate winning hopefully but also get to know his like minded neighbors.

This is what what we need to do and make sure we continue to know our neighbors.  We have gotten to lax in our society in regards to many things but knowing our neighbors and who is in the neighborhood is a big one.  I feel a lot of excitement as I talk to more and more people these days.