We may be Whooped

I started tutoring again!

"Hold up," you say, "this belongs on your other blog, Hugs."

Wait for it.

I started tutoring again! A family that we are friends with has three kids and the oldest is their daughter in 7th grade. I'm actually tutoring her to challenge her with new things and hopefully get her into 8th grade Algebra next year.

So I met with her Friday after school while her younger sister and mother played with Xander.

Sunday I received a call that the oldest daughter has been diagnosed with whooping cough despite receiving a vaccination last year. So they were calling classmates, friends, sportsmates and pretty much anyone she has been in contact with the past week (such as us). Oh, and since her sister (who was holding Xander while we tutored) and brother could be carriers they had to do the same thing for those kids too.

Monday I woke up and realized that I should probably let the few people we saw on Saturday know, so I was also making a few phone calls. Then Xander developed a runny nose and the cough he'd had for the past month (probably due to more molars and drool) suddenly kicked up a notch. He had received the vaccination, but that obviously is not always effective.

And there was the added fun of Xander puking three times. Which was likely due to eating something in the backyard when we weren't looking. Yeah, I dug something gross out of his mouth, so I'm pretty sure that puking wasn't related to possible whooping.

Sigh.

So today I had to call off school (second week, yikes that doesn't look good) and took Xander in to the doctor. Doctor says it looks like a cold but keep an eye on it. I kind of wish I was pushier and demanded a test, because the timing of this 'cold' is too coincidental. But he said the test wouldn't be conclusive at this point anyway. His lungs sound clear and no 'whoop'ing noise when Xander coughs.

The part that I am finding the a hard time dealing with is that the babysitter has a two year old daughter who is not vaccinated. I have no problem that she isn't vaccinated. And the babysitter said if Xander has a cold, no problem. But if this turns into whooping cough and it gets passed onto her daughter too, I am going to feel awful.