Pure Torture

Sir Coughs-A-Lot went back to the doctor tonight. He has been happy as a clam this week but still dealing with a nasty cough that kept getting worse and a very snotty nose. Drew is out of town on business and I figured tonight after work was as good of a time as any to run up to Springfield. We also didn't want to miss cousin Briley's birthday party tomorrow afternoon. 


The bad news is that Griffin has pneumonia again, this time in the opposite side of his lungs as the last. Dr. McDreamy was working tonight (so nice to see him again) and said that he really is in good shape but needs medicine to get over it. He most likely had something viral that caused the pneumonia, so we are back on antibiotics.....which he assured me is okay to have had them this many times as long as we don't use the same thing over and over. 


This makes our 3rd trip to the X Ray department, and Griffin's 4th & 5th x rays of his life. That's more than I've had in my 25+ years. How do they get chest x rays of a baby? Well I finally got a picture of this contraption. It seems awful but it is a genius piece of equipment.

He sits on a little triangle with his legs hanging through the table, and it's hard to see but the arms are pulled upward (by me) while she closes 2 clear curved pieces of plastic(?) around him and straps it shut behind his head. Terrible looking....but it works like a charm. Only takes 30 seconds once he's in, and 5 minutes of holding afterwards to calm him down. He and I are both hoping that was the last time he goes in that device.