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whooping cough and cayden

stephanie073stephanie073
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WELL! We just got back from the doctor with Cayden. We were able to go in first thing this morning (7:30 am). The doctor checked him out and said he *seemed* fine, but he took a sample of mucus to send to the lab. We won't have those results back for about a week. He also sent us to the hospital to have a chest x-ray and blood work done. GREAT! We were sitting in the hospital for forever and they said they wanted to do the x-ray first. Fine by me. X-ray came back negative so they sent us over to do blood work. Surprisingly (to me and the rest of the staff that came to watch this poor girl take his blood) he didn't cry, didn't fight it, just watched. They said to take him to get something to eat, but the nurse recommended that I take him to McDonalds for a special treat. I did, he was SO brave. We pulled in the parking lot and he said "Momma, you don't eat here..." Apparently my brother in law taught him that McDonalds isn't good for you because he said he's never had their food. He liked his chicken nuggets and water. I was going to break and let him have a sprite, but he wanted water so I was just thinking "well alright then mr. well balanced diet" When we came home he said he was tired and pretty much crashed right on the floor. So now him and our dog Lucy are napping together (Lucy's the pillow this time) under a little blanket. We'll get the blood results back around dinner time. I'll edit and let you know. Thanks for the help girls!

UPDATE: Cayden's blood work came back from the labs and is negative. They said to keep tabs on him just in case he starts getting sick. We have to pick up his antibiotics tomorrow from the pharmacy so we're 100% proactive and taking all the steps for all of us to stay healthy. 

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