6 month Update

Poor Ethan has been really sick for the past week. He has a bad runny nose & cough and has been running fever since Sunday. I took him to the doctor on Monday and the flu test came back negative. They did some blood work and his white blood cell count was high, so they think it's an upper respiratory infection and started him on antibiotics.

Today was supposed to be Ethan's 6 month well baby visit, but since he's still running fever (101.5 instead of 103.5), the doctor just examined him and will do his vaccines once he is feeling better. She did give him a rocephin (sp?) shot to help loosen the mucus in his nose, because poor baby is struggling to breathe and eat. They did another flu test and it came back negative again (so definitely not the flu, phew). They also did another blood test and although his white blood cell count is still high, it's not as high as it was on Monday, so hopefully the antibiotic is working.

Here are the big boys stats:
Weight: 17lbs. 8 oz - 50th percentile (Chase was 18lbs. 10oz at 6 months)
Length: 27 1/2 inches - 50th percentile
Head Circumference: 16 3/4 inches - 10-25th percentile

Here's a picture of poor sick, sleeping Ethan after our 2 hour doctor's appt today:

Here is a recent picture of Chase...ummm, can you say "Mini-Shane"?