This is what Whooping Cough looks like...

When you are Jack. Yep, it's official. Jack has a confirmed case of Whooping Cough. My sister asked me what the symptoms are. And I answered brilliantly, "A whooping cough". I should have gone to Med school. Along with that, it is presenting itself (at least in older, immunized kids) just as a cold. So, though I am thankful that he is not really ill, it has been a little bit tiring to have him home and feeling close to normal. His energy level is decreased, but that still means he has 85% more energy than the rest of the general population...
His appetite is also decreased, though you cannot tell from this little number he prepared for himself...
I've had a call from Health and Human Services wanting to know what pool we swam at and what baseball team he was on. I guess it is kind of a big deal when your child has a "communicable disease that is highly contagious". We've had an outbreak around here and it can be quite dangerous for infants. The moral of the story: if there's an outbreak of something, you can be fairly certain that the Kollars are in some way involved. Always the trendsetters. So now the whole fam is on preventative meds, though I kind of thought that's what an immunization was for in the first place.

Despite the fact that he has felt pretty good overall, they don't call it Whooping cough for nothin'...
Just looking at this picture makes me sad, though you have to admit the kid has a pretty sweet 6 pack for a 7 year old. Before the diagnosis, we thought he was purposely coughing with gusto because he is, well, Jack. We were wrong.

I have enjoyed having my little buddy around for a few days and he enjoyed having more screen time I ever should have allowed...
We did do at least one educational activity...
He will have plenty more where that came from when he head back to school on Monday since he will no longer be considered contagious. We will be glad for "Jack's house" arrest to come to an end so he can have his very own first day of school. And after this week guess what might be on my to-do list that day? A NAP!