Gabby's cough from yesterday seemed worse today, so thinking she was ready to start her own course of pneumonia, I decided to take her to the doctor. Turns out that her lungs were clear and she showed no cold symptoms besides her cough. The doctor said that she appeared to have viral tracheitis - or an inflammation in her windpipes. He didn't put her on antibiotics, but said that since Raquel's pneumonia could have started from the same thing, he wants Gabby to lay low for several days, drink plenty of fluids, and REST. That didn't go over too well with her - especially the no playing with friends and drinking mostly water.
Raquel is doing pretty well. I still have fever "issues" and went out and bought a new digital temple thermometer this afternoon, which is currently my new best friend. Fortunately her fever hasn't gone past 101 today, so that's a really good thing - even though I've been giving her Tylenol every 4-5 hours and think she should be completely normal temperature wise and have major anxiety when she becomes lethargic and wants to sleep. I have to keep reminding myself that that is her way of healing, as hard as it is to watch.
Let's see what tomorrow brings. Hopefully the family will be feeling much better and that I continue to feel like a million bucks!
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