In our house we've been praying for a little more than just rain. Since January 1st Hayden has that three yes count them, THREE ear infections, a nasty upper resperatory infection, a cold, and now the icing on the cake... a severe viral pharyngitis and borderline pneumonia. One may ask, how in Sam H...E...double hockey sticks does he get sick when we RARELY leave the house!?! Your guess is as good as mine because I have no friggin clue.
Hayden had been running a fever well over 104 degrees since Sunday morning. We alternated the Tylenol and Motrin to help bring it down a few degrees. After the 4th and 5th hour, it came back twice as strong. After two days of battling the fever at home alone, I called his doctor to make an appointment. They got him in that afternoon(Tuesday). The doctor tested him for strep, flu and ruled out ear infections. YEA!! Little did I know that mini celebration would be short lived. Before we could leave the doctor's office, they had to get his temp down and fast because it was 105.9 after a dose of Motrin an hour and a half before. They gave him a dose of children's Advil, sponge bathed him down, and coaxed him with a popcicle. Little did I know he'd scarf it down. Keep in mind he hasn't eatten anything since Saturday night. And up until yesterday, he wasn't drinking hardly any fluids. After we got his fever below 100, he sent us home. The dr. instructed us to continue doing what we're doing with the meds and keep pressing clear fluids and to call their office if it continued and/or he got worse. *sigh* Then last night (Wednesday night) he took a turn for the worst. I was up all night with him, not a wink of sleep. He was unconsolable. So since Jon switched his day off so he could take Hayden into the doctor again so I could goto work to make some extra money since we're on a super tight budget, he took him in. Hayden was seen right away and lost another 2lbs since he was seen on Tuesday. So much for trying to put weight on this kid!!! It didn't take them long to send Jon packin with Hayden in tow to Georgetown Hospital where they did bloodwork and did a chest Xray. I must say it was scary to get a call from the nurse with the chest xray results then an hour later the results of his labs. Knowing that Hayden was THAT sick and there wasn't anything I could do to make him feel better broke my heart. I broke down at work and thankfully my boss and coworkers were out of the office and didn't witness my histerics because I was a mess!!!!
However, with all this sickness... I am offically...on the record... happy to report that after much sleep, a shot, and lots of love, yogurt, pudding, mashed potatoes, and cold green beans... Hayden is fever free and back to himself and screaming NO at me! Thank you God for speeding up his recovery because I hate seeing my little munchkin sick. Plus we have our first family outdoor shoot with Jennifer Pollard Photography on Easter Sunday. (Check her out on facebook!!!)
This overly exhausted mama is hitting the hay...
Good night, sleep tight... X♥)O's!!
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