Fevers, Pneumonia, and A Weekend Getaway

Little Mason spiked some fevers this week. We went to the pediatrician on Wednesday and it seemed to be something viral because his lungs sounded great. But Thursday, his fever went higher, up to 104.4, so that evening I took him to the AF Hospital for some chest x-rays to make sure it wasn't a lung issue. Sure enough I got a phone call about an hour later that he has pneumonia and some possible effusion (fluid outside the lung), Not good news!


So especially with the condition of his heart right now our pediatrician and cardiologist wanted him to be admitted to Primary's. My kids had been begging to go somewhere for Spring Break this week, but I don't think this was the "getaway" they meant! In fact, only Mason and I packed for our weekend getaway up to the "Hotel on the Hill" and the other 4 kiddos are having a "Daddy Day Camp" at home. Anyways, we arrived at Primary's emergency room at 11pm Thursday and after drawing labs and placing an IV for meds we got to our room at 4:30 am. It was a long eventful night:)


Mason does not like it hear because he is scared of anyone in scrubs! They upped his O2 to 1 liter and are giving him 2 very strong IV antibiotics. We hope his fevers will completely stop and his x-rays today will show improvement so that this will not be a long stay. I admit it is scary for me that he has pneumonia especially with the results of his echo last week, but I pray that our little Miracle Mason will fight this one off!



Thank you for your prayers, phone messages and text messages with words of concern and birthday wishes (it was my b-day yesterday). They are greatly appreciated



I will update more later.