After one week of illness, missing 5 days of school, we were relieved to see Connor feeling better over the weekend.  His temp was < 100 and he was starting to eat a bit more.  Unfortunately everything turned for the worse again on Sunday evening.  Connor had a temperature of 102 at night and he had another tough night.  Not only did all the symptoms return, they were more intense this round.  It was definitely the worst on Monday and Tuesday.  Connor’s temperature was hovering around 101-104, and it even hit 105 on Monday per Stuart.  With the temperature being so high, Connor was weak and he seemed to be out of it most of the day.  Other times, Connor was in agony, complaining tummy pain and sore throat.  His cough was getting quite bad too.  None of the medications or home remedies gave him much relief, thus Connor cried a lot these two days. It was so sad watching Connor like that and there was not much Stuart and I could offer.  With the tummy pain, Connor sometimes did not even want to drink anything despite us try to encourage.  We had moved Connor to our bed on those nights, he twisted and turned most night as he was so uncomfortable. 

      We had taken Connor to see the doctors two more times this week.  On Monday, they had switched the antibiotic for his pneumonia and also gave him 2 shots of antibiotic in his thighs, and swabbed him again for flu which turned out negative again.   We had to return on Wednesday as he was not better and we did a repeated xray.  The good news was the initial infiltrate on the lung had cleared up, and his primary doctor added on another antibiotic for a boarder coverage as his symptoms did not improve.  She also gave him an inhaler as Connor started wheezing.   By Wednesday evening, for the first time over 1.5 weeks, Connor’s temperature came down to a normal at 98.5.  His cough was still bad but the inhaler helped him breathe better.  The tummy still ached a lot for the next two days, likely from the medicines, thus Connor had a poor appetite and was scared to eat.  For this entire illness, Connor must have lost 8 to 10 lbs.  On Thursday while feeling better a bit, he was snacking on a little bit of chips with Logan and I watching Project Runway.  Shortly after, he had another major vomiting spell that led him all shaken up again.  By the weekend, Connor was finally back to his normal self and he was able to start eating food that he enjoys.  With this 2nd week of illness, Connor ended up missing the last week of school before the holidays as well as the holiday recital on Thursday and the classroom holiday party on Friday.  Connor was very bummed.  Stuart and I were very relieved when we finally had our happy and chatty child back over the weekend.