Sick Boy :(

Jack woke yesterday (Saturday) morning with a fever. The fever was down and up all day as his Tylenol was effective and then wore off, but it was as high as 103 under his arm. The poor guy was obviously not feeling well and was pulling at his ears so we suspected an ear infection. This afternoon, when Jack was acting so pathetic and lathargic that we'd had enough, we called the on-call doctor on base. He recommended we take Jack to the ER rather than waiting for him to be seen by his regular doctor on Monday.

The ER doctor checked Jack's ears and said they looked fine, but that his throat was very sore. He asked if Jack had been coughing (he hadn't) and listened to his chest. Based on what he heard, he sent us to get a chest X-ray. Poor Jack was a trooper when he was restrained in some crazy device to keep still for his X-ray.

Turns out it's a really good thing we went to the ER... Jack has pneumonia! Poor little guy. He started antibiotics tonight and will return to the doctor in a few days for a follow up. Elizabeth has her well baby 2 week appointment tomorrow so we'll make sure she's healthy and unaffected by her big brother's illness.

Here's how we spent much of the afternoon (before we knew Jack's diagnosis).