Down & Out

Lennox has pneumonia. It all started last Sunday with fever and a cough. The doctor thought it was just a virus on Monday but it turned into pneumonia by Friday. Lennox was pretty pitiful and we all had several sleepless nights. The scariest part was Thursday night when he woke up panting... he couldn't get any air. Plus he had 103.6 fever that wouldn't break! I gave him an extra breathing treatment and an extra dose of motrin before we made the call about the ER. If he hadn't started breathing normally, we definitely would have taken him in. He hasn't eaten much of anything for a week. That's the most frustrating part. He is still drinking so that's a good thing but I am worried. Anyway, after the xray and some antibiotics, my child has turned into a real maniac. I hate to say it but I was actually looking forward to coming to work today after 5 days in the house!! Here is an example of one hour in Lennox's world this weekend:

• 9 am - get into cabinet and dump out 2 boxes of Capri Suns. Spend about 5 mins trying to poke straws in as many of them as possible. Squirt them across kitchen like rockets... hear mom coming and jump up and run to living room
• 9:05 - rake all of books off of book shelf. Sit in middle of books and look at pages them spit on a few of them.
• 9:08 - run full speed to mom's bathroom (while she's still cleaning capri sun mess). Dig in drawers and dump out q-tip box.
• 9:12 - Run full speed into living room with 2 handfuls of q-tips. Lick a few of them then throw them in the air like rain.
• 9:15 - Run into kitchen and pull out spice rack. Quickly grab some jars of spices and try really hard to get tops off. Mom comes and shooshes me away. Turn around to lazy susan cabinet and grab bag of sugar. Dump it on the floor. All of it!!
• 9:20 - While mom cleans up sugar dumped on floor, run to kitchen table and climb on top. Grab butter knife laying beside birthday cake and hack away til mom sees me and screams.
• 9:25 - 9;27 - Sit in time out for stabbing cake & dumping out sugar all the while yelling "WEEEEEE!" like you would when swinging.
• 9:27 - Copy mom saying "UGHHHHHHHHH" very loudly as I watch her clean up cake.
• 9:29 - Run into living room with stray capri sun, squirt it all over books.
• 9:32 - Run away from mom as she comes toward me with yogurt and spoon. Take a bite of yogurt after much begging then promptly spit it all over self.
• 9:34 - Slap spoon of yogurt all over mom as she tries to put it in my mouth. Laugh and run away saying "NO!!"
• 9:36 - Run to couch and lay all over it making sure to wipe yogurt onto upholstery.
• 9:40 - Find myself in bed for an early nap b/c mom can't take it anymore!!!

YOu see why I was looking forward to work?! ha. I am worn out!