So many things...

There are so many things that have been happening here! It's amazing what can happen to a person within a short period of time.

Monday morning I woke up at 5:45 AM to the baby screaming his head off. He had good reason- when I picked him up he was so hot to the touch and shaking. I put a bottle in his mouth and a thermometer under his arm (that's the only way he won't try to grab it and throw it to the side) and watched the numbers go from 97 to 102 degrees in seconds. I woke up the bf and told him we had to take the baby to the hospital. Thank goodness we gave him some tylenol before we left the house and put a cold rag on his head- he was burning up!

It seemed to take forever at the hospital. The waiting in the waiting room, waiting in the ER for a nurse to come in, and waiting some more for the doctor to come in to see him. Poor little guy, he had no idea what was going on, he just knew he wasn't feeling well. After a while the Dr came in and checked him out. The verdict: EAR INFECTION! Not just in one ear but in both :-(.

He was fighting the nurses and the Dr (can you blame him?) and when he moves around a lot he starts to cough. This is the same cough he has had since about April that our pediatrician says is allergies. The ER Dr said she wanted to do an X Ray of his lungs just to make sure there was no fluid in there so we agreed. That meant we had to wait even longer. We really didn't think we were going to be there so long and he hadn't eaten since early so the baby was starving. We did not bring the diaper bag, but I did put his puffs in my purse (which he gladly ate). Thank goodness I had them!

Ok, so I will get back to the X Ray.... all clear (thank goodness again!)! The Dr didn't find any fluid in his lungs but had us wait some more to see if his antibiotic gave him any kind of reaction. We finally were able to leave and go to sleep. Ahhhhh sleep, what a lack of it I've had! When we got home we did not sleep. Baby J cried a little bit, ate a little bit and really just wanted to be comforted in mine or Daddy's arms. I can't blame him for that, he did not feel well!

Well..... so far he has been getting better and I couldn't be happier! He still has a few more days on the antibiotic and I hope it gets easier for him to take his Rx.

Right now, I have to get going to make dinner before the baby wakes up!

Much love,
-J