Focht Family Blog

Although Timmy had a lot of fun at camp this summer Samantha had her camping cut short. Right after the boat ride she started getting sick. I took her to the ER one night thinking she was having an asthma attack. The ER doctor said she was just having an anxiety attack and gave her a benadryl and sent us home. I probably should have questioned him on that one since she was only 10! But I didn’t.

I took her to the pediatrician on the following Monday (the ER was on Saturday). The pediatrician said she was wheezing and gave her a breathing treatment followed by a week of prednisone and breathing treatments at home. Still no better so I had my mom take her back to the pediatrician the next Monday (Nathan and I were in Ohio for two days). This time they sent her for an x-ray and they found out she had pneumonia!! Who gets pneumonia in the middle of the summer???

The boys ended up on antibiotics as well. Nathan ended up with pneumonia. Josh ended up getting sick again and getting pneumonia the second time. Timmy ended up just having asthma attacks. I got by with an infection in my throat but it didn’t go into my lungs thankfully. My mom didn’t get sick. Maybe she had better defenses because of having a pneumonia shot. I had one in college, maybe some of it is still working.

Because of the pneumonia, Samantha had to cancel all of her Girl Scout camping plans. I guess the silver lining is that we now have a pediatrician in Pennsylvania.