I am old and tired :-)

Well, happy birthday to me :-) Yesterday I turned 33, my I am getting old. And it used to be that I was tired from partying, now I am tired on my birthday without any party at all. I know this is getting old and you are probably bored because almost all blog entries are about the same thing, but FINN HAS PNEUMONIA AGAIN!
But let me tell you about the happy stuff first. Neil took a day off for my birthday, and although we couldn't take the kids swimming like we had planned we had a very nice day at home together. Also, it was great I didn't have to take both kids to the doctor by myself, but more of that later. Neil got me beautiful flowers and a very nice necklace with a cross for my birthday, and from Finn I got a Pooh Bear birthday balloon. He also sang Happy Birthday for me, needless to say, that melted my heart.
So I started taking Finn to playgroup again last week. Well, for an hour he was in a room with a girl who coughed a few times. Then the next day, we visited a friend, and her daughter had a runny nose. Two days later Finn had a runny nose and the next day (Saturday) Neil took him to the doctor because the coughing had started. His right lung didn't sound all healthy, so we got the inhalation machine from the pharmacy. Finn inhaled his medication all weekend long, but when he woke up Monday morning (after a night of coughing) we were shocked to hear how laboured and shallow his breathing was. We briefly thought about taking him to the hospital right away, but after he inhaled he breathed a little easier so we waited until his doctor's office opened. We took Lily there too because she has a really runny nose and also seems to be teething big time. I can feel and see 3 teeth under her gums on the top and apparently there is some shifting going on in her lower jaw as well. In fact it was Lily who kept us up almost all night, since Finn can keep on sleeping even though he is coughing. Finn's doctor was shocked by how bad his lungs sounded. You could see him draw in his chest with every breath. She had him inhale something right there and after that he sounded a bit better. She said she doesn't want to admit him to a hospital unless absolutely necessary for fear of him catching something on top of his pneumonia. So we have him home, inhaling and on antibiotics. We switched him from that machine to inhaling sprays because he needs his medication every two hours now. Yesterday afternoon, after the first dose of antibiotics, he slept for almost 4 hours. We woke him up at 6pm and put him back in bed at 9. He had a better night with less coughing, and after a dose of Motrin at 1:30 am Lily slept better, too. So we all got a decent amount of sleep. I am glad they are sleeping a bit longer than 6am this morning! We have to go see the doctor later today, I hope Finn is improving so we can keep him home.
Right now I feel pretty discouraged about all this. It seems Finn's immune system is so weak that he cannot fight off even harmless virusses that cause not more than a runny nose in other people. Which keeps him, Lily and me confined to the house if we want him to stay healthy. (Although that is no guarantee either.) I'm hoping he'll be healthier in the summer.

Finn gave me this balloon for my birthday:

Lily likes it too!

Finn's medicine chart: