Pneumonia?

Raina came down with pneumonia when she was younger. She was incredibly pitiful: all she wanted to do was cuddle, drink milk, sleep, and cry. In fact, being separated from a parent immediately caused her to meltdown, so we learned to trade-off "cuddling with Raina" duty when doing basic things like going to the restroom. I also distinctly remember sitting on the couch with her, and her completing the same three peg puzzles for 4 hours straight. She put the pieces back in the puzzle, but she refused to take them out, and she would cry until I took them out so she could begin the process over again. Yes, that was a miserable 4 hours. She was really sick and required one-on-one attention for 9 days. I'm thankful that she never contracted it again, and all her illnesses since have been relatively mild.

Unfortunately, Lola has had a runny nose and cough for the past four weeks. Her cough has become increasingly worse, now her breathing is labored, wheezy, and whistling, she has a very high fever, and all she wants to do is cuddle, drink milk, sleep, and cry. All signs pointed to pneumonia, and today's chest x-ray confirmed it. Poor Lola.