Trip to the Doctor and to the Sheraton

Isaac has a cough and chest congestion so we decided we would take him to the doctor.  We found out about a Swedish clinic here in Addis that is suppose to be very good. We booked an appointment for 11:30 this morning.  The clinic was very nice and he doctor was helpful. She took a stool sample to do a simple parasite test which was negative.  He had his finger pricked for a blood test and he was a real trooper and it was surprising how much blood they got from a single finger prick.  His blood test for infection was negative.  He does have a lot of mucous in his lungs s the doctor prescribed a decongestion to loosen up the mucous.  She doesn't think it is bacterial so she didn't put him on an antibiotic. We feel better that we had him looked at since we have a 20hr trip home at the end of the week.

We spent the afternoon at the Sheraton instead of hanging out at the hotel.  Isaac's first day out with us was amazing and he is such a good, well natured baby. He had a 2hr nap on the lawn chair which is why I have so much time to do this blog.