Cough, cough, cough

Game Fanatic is still coughing badly. I took him to see a doctor for the third time this morning. The appointment started out as mine because my sore throat didn’t seem to be improving after over a week or so. It now seems to be improving and swallowing isn’t as uncomfortable as it was. I didn’t know this for sure when I changed it online last night but I must be getting better. I still have my own cough happening but it’s early days and post-viral coughs do sometimes go on for ages. This is especially true this year.

I didn’t think a 10am appointment would be an issue for Game Fanatic but I had to almost drag him from bed to the doctor. He did get up but it was slow going for quite a while. The doctor is the same one I’ve seen the last few times and she was pretty thorough at checking him out. One of his ears is pretty red and blocked and she couldn’t see the other eardrum due to wax. It’s hard to tell about his lungs because he didn’t breathe in deeply enough for her to hear properly. I think he was worried it would start off a coughing fit. He probably wasn’t wrong. I suspect his lungs were okay since that was the case the first time he was in to see a doctor. So we have a script for another antibiotic but she thinks (and I agree) that it’s most likely viral and will be useless. But it’s there should he get worse and need it. I assume that’s more about the ear than the cough since the cough is already pretty awful. Also, he’s supposed to take Vitamin D supplements as his was low when tested earlier in the year. I don’t recall mention of this before but maybe I have forgotten…that does seem to happen to me sometimes these days. Sigh. Ideally more sun would be most beneficial.

I happened to mention my cough which started from a sore throat and she said that the coughs she’s been seeing haven’t been connected with sore throats this year. I guess I get to be different. :D

Lego Lover seems to have missed out on any cough or cold this year. At least that’s the case so far. He seems to have gotten the breathing difficulties out of the way earlier in life and hasn’t had any asthma issues in years. In fact, that boy has been pretty healthy for several years despite his poor diet and exercise.

Funny that the first of the month is considered the first day of spring here and it’s been pretty chilly. Tuesday night the temperature dipped almost to freezing in the night and the day time temperatures didn’t get that high either. This is all after a somewhat mild winder overall. We’ve had quite a bit of rain lately so I imagine the spring allergies are going to be loads of fun this season.