Drat: a mild expression of annoyance

It was bound to happen. Iris has been cruising through her recovery for four weeks .. surprising everyone with how quickly, and strongly, she bounced back.

Then pneumonia came calling.

Iris had a high fever and labored breathing for a few days. No congestion, but enough of a change in her condition to worry me. We went up to see Dr. Armsby, stopping for a chest x-ray first. Her vitals were normal and, for a moment, I felt perhaps I had been hypersensitive to her symptoms .. considering all she’s been through, I am on high alert. The x-ray confirmed that she did, in fact, have fluid build-up in her left lung.

Drat.

She’s been on a high dose of antibiotics since then with very little change aside from her fever normalizing. She hasn’t developed any congestion, which is great, but she’s still winded doing normal activities. So the pneumonia didn’t hit hard, but it is lingering.

Iris won’t be doing this for a few more weeks: (I took these the week before pneumonia snuck up on her)

.. but she and Solana are still having a great summer, filled with endless laughter .. and Iris will be back on her bike and playing in fountains in no time!

Thank you again for your prayers, calls, notes and visits. We are forever grateful.