sickies

The boys have been pretty sick for the past 2 weeks. coughs, sniffles, sore throats, stuffed noses - the works. Cash seemed to be having the worst of it with his coughing so we took them both to urgent care the other night. It was crowded and everyone in there was sicker than the last person. The doctor was very nice and looked at the boys. He diagnosed Cash with bronchitis and pink eye and Cooper with pink eye and a cold. He loaded us up with very expensive prescriptions and sent us on our way. The next couple nights were the worst. Cash was up all night long and his coughing was constant. He wasn't getting any better and Cooper started coughing more so we made an appointment to go see their regular doctor. She took one look at Cash - and Chandler (who is apparently the sickest of all of us) - and said, "you guys are sick and you look like you have the flu." We told her about our urgent care experience and she told us that it was all wrong. The diagnosis was wrong and the medicine and dosing was wrong (too little).
Cash had a low oxygen level so he had to get a breathing treatment to break up the croup. He didn't like it at first but after we convinced him that it was just like Darth Vader (dark vader) he was ok with it. Then he had to get a shot in the leg - the medicine was the same as what was in the breathing treatment but was a little longer lasting. He also had a raging ear infection (which the urgent care doctor said he didn't have) so he got antibiotics for that. And he doesn't have pink eye - the gunk and swelling is just from the sinus pressure so no more eye drops for the boys (they are very pleased). Cash was getting some relief immediately as evidenced by the nap he took in the car on the way home - he hasn't slept more than a few hours in a row since he started coughing.
We set both boys up with Vaporizors at home and while there was still a lot of coughing going on last night it sounded different and we had a "full" night's sleep.