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Hunter's First Health Scare

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Things have been pretty crazy at the temporary zoo.  On Sunday July 1st, I started feeling unwell.  Really unwell.  Nothing tasted right, I didn't have an appetite and my stomach was consistently rolling.  Mom allowed me to head to bed about 6, and by 10, I was in the bathroom praying to the porcelain god.  It continued all night, and the next morning, I was still not feeling better, AT ALL.  I ended up in the ER getting doped up with Phenergen, and getting IV fluids.  Count this as Day One missed at work. The next day, while I was feeling a tiny bit better, Hunter awoke with a nasty cough.  Not just a small cough. A nasty, noisy, wheezy, take-your-breath-away cough.  I had NEVER heard him like that.  Not only could he not breathe, he couldn't see either.  Both of his eyes were matted shut with nasty green goo. I took him into his Pediatricians office that day to have him evaluated.  She didn't think he had pneumoni...