Poor Maicee

At the beginning of last week Maicee had a runny nose. It started out small, and then her nose was constantly running. By the middle of the week, she had a cough also. It sounded like she was trying to cough up the phlem in her throat. Dan and I didn't really think anything of it. I thought she would be better by the weekend. Well, the weekend came, and my happy baby was grumpy all weekend. Monday she started acting better, Tuesday and yesterday she was back to her old self, but still coughing with an occasional runny nose. Yesterday morning I was cuddling with her after she ate, and it sounded like she was having a hard time breathing. I had been listening for this, and yesterday was the first time it sounded like the sickness was in her lungs. Dan said she was acting fine all day, though. I called my dr. to make sure, and the nurse I spoke with said not to worry about it, but to bring her in if the cough has lasted more than a week. So I set an appointment, picked Dan and Maicee up, and we went to the dr. It took almost 40 minutes for the dr. to see us, and he kind of acted like I was a paranoid mom bringing in my baby over a little cough. He listened to her breathing, though, and instantly his face went serious. He said she has some kind of virus in her lungs, it could be RSV, but he didn't want to test her without treating her first. Then he checked her ears and she has a double ear infection! He gave us antibiotics for her ear infections, and we had to rent a nebulizer. With the nebulizer, we have to put medicine in the machine, put a little mask on Maicee's face, and she breathes the treatment in. We tried it last night, and she was so scared of it. She cried like she did when she got her shots. It was so sad. The dr. said she isn't contagious anymore, so that's a relief. My poor baby is so sick, and I didn't even know it. I'm so glad I took her to the dr. yesterday!