M had his 8 year checkup, 9 months late. (Our insurance says that kids between the ages of 7 and 18 don't really need regular checkups. Right.) Anyway he's doing great--growing like a weed, has great hemoglobin, and is just the picture of health and normalcy. How weird.
I went ahead and asked the pediatrician to see L, after M's appointment. He has had a cough since mid April, but last Saturday it became much worse. The GI on Tuesday even commented on it. Wednesday, the cough occurred less often, but sounded worse and by yesterday it was pretty clear we were going to need to do something. Thankfully the pediatrician decided to look at him yesterday, because otherwise we'd have to take him up to Lexington, again. Gas is expensive, so we avoided that! L has yet another respiratory infection. The doctor could hear it all through his lungs. It wasn't quite bronchitis, yet. It probably would have been by tomorrow. He's back on antibiotics.
I really think that his immune cells aren't working properly. All of his counts are okay, but this is the third lower respiratory infection in less than 5 months. I suspect that the next Hem appointment is going to be interesting.
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