The doctor let us come home today; he didn't do another chest x-ray. The gist of it is that Joanthan's already had several and he didn't want to subject him (being so little) to any more radiation when he didn't expect to see much improvement. Dr. Bowers says that the lungs get very bad very fast, but they don't heal nearly as quick, so he doesn't expect them to be much better yet. We'll go back to the hospital on Wednesday for another x-ray, then back to the doctor on Thursday afternoon. Jonathan is now on his THIRD antibiotic and will be for the next week - one that is normally taken once a day, but he'll be taking twice daily. He really is feeling better though, so I'm very glad that we could come home; goodness knows we BOTH need the rest!
The picture above was taken after the doctor came in and gave us the go-ahead for being released...once I got Jonathan dressed, he was ready to head out the door and I couldn't stop him from hopping on the bed in excitement! The doctor gave him a few final words of advice before leaving....
Dr. B: "Don't be bouncing off the walls too much now Jonathan."
Jonathan: "Okay. Just a little then?"
Yep. He feels better!
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