sick baby

I know Carson isn't really a baby anymore. . but he is still my baby!  I took Carson to the doctor this afternoon because he has had this awful cough all week and has been super fussypants!  We were at the doctors for 2 hours! Yikes. . . I know!  We always get right in but after the nurse was done with us she came back to inform us that our doctor had just went running off to deliver a baby!  So we just hung out in our room and played.  After about a 1/2 hour he was back and checked Carson out.  Doc wanted a few labs done. . so Carson had his throat swabbed for strep (negative), his nasal swabbed for rsv (negative), and his blood drawn for his white cell count.  After MUCH screaming, it turned out Carson's cell count is lower than it should be.  The reason why doctor wanted to check this is because Carson has lost 5 pounds since his 15 month checkup which was only 2 weeks ago.  That is huge loss for someone that tiny(well to me that is a huge loss)!  At his 15 month checkup he was 28 lbs. and today he weighed 23 lbs.  Scary for this mommy who knows nothing about anything medical.  Doctor wants to see him in 2 weeks again to check his weight. 
So the diagnosis: viral infection--which has to take its course--10-14 days. . .so hopefully by next week he is feeling and sounding much better. . . and GAINING WEIGHT!
Poor little guy. . . been very attached to mommy all week. . . and getting lots of LOVE and HUGS from mommy as well!