The most bizarre thing happened tonight. Let me explain...
Tuesday evening Nicholas started to get a fever and wouldn't sleep. I got up with him a few times and then Gabe did. At one point, I went in to get him and discovered he had thrown up in his crib. We gave him some Tylenol and to let Gabe get some sleep, I ended up sleeping with Nicholas in the bed that is in his bedroom. On Wednesday, Nicholas seemed ok in the morning, but had a fever of 102.8. As the day progressed, he got worse and just didn't want to eat or play. That evening Gabe and I switched places so I could catch up on sleep and he stayed with Nicholas in his room. Then today, Nicholas was extremely lethargic and so pitiful for the majority of the day. He basically stayed with me in the LazyBoy all day and slept a LOT. He again hardly drank or ate a thing, didn't talk at all (which is highly unusual for him) . I had decided that I would get Nicholas in to the pediatrician tomorrow. Luckily, Beth recommended Motrin and Pedialite, so I promptly hit up Walmart. We basically had to force the Motrin in him, he drank a little Pedialite and he still wouldn't eat anything.
We decided to give him a bath and go ahead to put him down for the night knowing that it probably wouldn't last if it was anything like the past two nights. Nicholas cried throughout the quick bath and fussed a little in the crib after we put him down. We were going to leave him for a bit to see if he would sleep when all of a sudden he started talking. Thanks to the technology of the video monitor, we saw Nicholas sitting up and "bonking" his stuffed animals together. Very odd since he basically hasn't moved in the past few days. He started fussing again and Gabe decided he would try to lay down with Nicholas in the bed. About five minutes after laying in the bed Nicholas started asking for his toys - Mickey, Pluto, etc. Gabe got those and all of a sudden Nicholas was up and playing like he hadn't been sick at all.
It was THE craziest thing we had ever seen!! It was like all of a sudden something just clicked in his system and he went from being lethargic and tired to energetic and wide awake. We just couldn't believe our eyes and yet were so excited to see our little guy come back to life again. I just hope that he doesn't relapse because it is NOT fun to have a sick child.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Monday, July 19, 2010
Fever Pitch
Saturday morning when Nicholas woke up from his morning nap, he seemed very fussy and a bit warm. I took his temperature and it was around 100. Well that evening, it ended up going up to 102.5. He started to not really eat much, was REALLY warm and just didn't feel good. We gave him some acetaminophen (not the Tylenol brand -so nobody worry). When we put him to bed that night, he woke up an hour later fussing and inconsolable. Enter the ever wonderful Baby Einstein DVDs. It was almost reminiscent of when he was a newborn and we had no clue what to do to calm him down. He would go back to sleep but wake up an hour later. Finally he went down for the night and woke up around 6am Sunday morning. And we basically repeated Saturday. He wasn't too warm during that morning, but his temp continued to increase as the day went on. He looked so pitiful and we felt so helpless. (Keep in mind that this is really the first time Nicholas has been sick, which is amazing since he is over a year old, but it also made us that much more upset over our sick child). I ended up calling our pediatrician's office to see what they recommended after getting another temp of around 102.7. They said to schedule an appt and bring him in Monday.
Monday morning was not a fun time for mama or Nicholas. He slept until 7am, but again woke up fussy and not eating. I called Greenvale at 8am when they opened and was told that they were overwhelmed at the moment and would have a nurse call me back. Then when the nurse does call me, she proceeds to tell me that today (of all days) they were switching to an all electronic system and therefore had to cut back on their patient load. The nurse would tell Dr. Whitaker what was going on with Nicholas and he would decide if we could come in that day. At this point Nicholas was doing ok, but mama was not. I just wanted someone, anyone to fix my baby so he wasn't sick anymore. Luckily I got a call back saying I could bring him in today and I asked for the earliest appt available. So 9:30am a very ragged mama and sleepy/fussy toddler sign in at Greenvale. It was a good 40 minutes later before Dr. Whitaker even saw Nicholas. To top it all off, he said Nicholas had a fever virus and they couldn't do anything for him except for what we were already doing. Granted I should have been happy that it was nothing more serious, but at this point it was almost 11, I had wasted 2 hours and had an EXTREMELY tired and fussy child. I put Nicholas in his car seat to head home and before I could turn around, he was passed out. My poor baby.
There is a happy ending to our bad morning... Nicholas seems to be doing MUCH better now. He did not feel warm at all after getting home. He took close to 4 hours worth of naps and went down without any bit of a fight tonight. I just don't know how parents of cronically ill children do it...
Monday morning was not a fun time for mama or Nicholas. He slept until 7am, but again woke up fussy and not eating. I called Greenvale at 8am when they opened and was told that they were overwhelmed at the moment and would have a nurse call me back. Then when the nurse does call me, she proceeds to tell me that today (of all days) they were switching to an all electronic system and therefore had to cut back on their patient load. The nurse would tell Dr. Whitaker what was going on with Nicholas and he would decide if we could come in that day. At this point Nicholas was doing ok, but mama was not. I just wanted someone, anyone to fix my baby so he wasn't sick anymore. Luckily I got a call back saying I could bring him in today and I asked for the earliest appt available. So 9:30am a very ragged mama and sleepy/fussy toddler sign in at Greenvale. It was a good 40 minutes later before Dr. Whitaker even saw Nicholas. To top it all off, he said Nicholas had a fever virus and they couldn't do anything for him except for what we were already doing. Granted I should have been happy that it was nothing more serious, but at this point it was almost 11, I had wasted 2 hours and had an EXTREMELY tired and fussy child. I put Nicholas in his car seat to head home and before I could turn around, he was passed out. My poor baby.
There is a happy ending to our bad morning... Nicholas seems to be doing MUCH better now. He did not feel warm at all after getting home. He took close to 4 hours worth of naps and went down without any bit of a fight tonight. I just don't know how parents of cronically ill children do it...
Friday, April 16, 2010
Crazy Eyes
This is a long one, so just bear with me...
So Tuesday, Nicholas woke up from his morning nap at Mimi and Pop's and sounded like he was "barking" after fussing. His voice was a bit off and had the sounds of the "croup". We decided to take him to the doctor. Granted this was the first time he had any signs or symptoms of being sick, so I wanted to nip it in the bud before it progressed into something bad. Luckily Dr. Whitaker saw him without calling ahead and during their lunch break (Note to self: Greenvale closed between 1 and 2pm).
He didn't have any fever, his chest sounded fine and ears looked good, but Dr. Whitaker did see a little something down his throat. They decided to give Nicholas a steroid shot to open up his airways and gave me a two-day prescription to help as well. He also recommended running a humidifier or if needed steam up the bathroom and take him in there.
All I can say is that I'm glad Mimi caught it when she did and called me because Nicholas didn't really get sick. We did everything the doctor told us to do and Nicholas has slept great the past few nights. Granted his naps have been off for various reasons, but at least he is sleeping. He still coughs and sneezes on occasion, but nothing to be concerned about.
As if all that wasn't enough for him, today I took him to get his eyes checked for free at Chelsea Eye Care. Dr. Whitaker had told us several months back about a program called InfantSee that provides free eye exams for infants age 6 - 12 months old. I normally wouldn't have been interested, but since Ryan (my brother) had issues with his vision since birth I thought it couldn't hurt, plus it was free. Dr. Walker was great with him. Nicholas wasn't a big fan of her putting all kinds of opthamologic (??) stuff in his face, but was as patient as a 10 month old could be. The funniest part of this visit was when Dr. Walker put eye drops in to dialate his eyes. After putting drops in, we had to wait 15 minutes for her to examine him again. Well apparently she missed one of his eyes because he had one pupil completely dialated and huge and the other was normal. It was the funniest looking thing. Hilarious stuff!
The prognosis is that Nicholas is a little farsighted and has one eye stronger than the other, but all in all everything looked good. I'm sure he's hoping he won't have any more poking or proding to deal with for a long time.
This week Nicholas has become very proficient at pulling himself up. In the beginning his feet had to be in the right position and he had to have something really good to hold on to, but now he pops up like it's no thing. He has also mastered "cruising" (aka - holding on to furniture and walking - or more like shuffling). He continues to have no desire to crawl, which I am pretty certain he will just not do. Goodnight everyone!
So Tuesday, Nicholas woke up from his morning nap at Mimi and Pop's and sounded like he was "barking" after fussing. His voice was a bit off and had the sounds of the "croup". We decided to take him to the doctor. Granted this was the first time he had any signs or symptoms of being sick, so I wanted to nip it in the bud before it progressed into something bad. Luckily Dr. Whitaker saw him without calling ahead and during their lunch break (Note to self: Greenvale closed between 1 and 2pm).
He didn't have any fever, his chest sounded fine and ears looked good, but Dr. Whitaker did see a little something down his throat. They decided to give Nicholas a steroid shot to open up his airways and gave me a two-day prescription to help as well. He also recommended running a humidifier or if needed steam up the bathroom and take him in there.
All I can say is that I'm glad Mimi caught it when she did and called me because Nicholas didn't really get sick. We did everything the doctor told us to do and Nicholas has slept great the past few nights. Granted his naps have been off for various reasons, but at least he is sleeping. He still coughs and sneezes on occasion, but nothing to be concerned about.
As if all that wasn't enough for him, today I took him to get his eyes checked for free at Chelsea Eye Care. Dr. Whitaker had told us several months back about a program called InfantSee that provides free eye exams for infants age 6 - 12 months old. I normally wouldn't have been interested, but since Ryan (my brother) had issues with his vision since birth I thought it couldn't hurt, plus it was free. Dr. Walker was great with him. Nicholas wasn't a big fan of her putting all kinds of opthamologic (??) stuff in his face, but was as patient as a 10 month old could be. The funniest part of this visit was when Dr. Walker put eye drops in to dialate his eyes. After putting drops in, we had to wait 15 minutes for her to examine him again. Well apparently she missed one of his eyes because he had one pupil completely dialated and huge and the other was normal. It was the funniest looking thing. Hilarious stuff!
The prognosis is that Nicholas is a little farsighted and has one eye stronger than the other, but all in all everything looked good. I'm sure he's hoping he won't have any more poking or proding to deal with for a long time.
This week Nicholas has become very proficient at pulling himself up. In the beginning his feet had to be in the right position and he had to have something really good to hold on to, but now he pops up like it's no thing. He has also mastered "cruising" (aka - holding on to furniture and walking - or more like shuffling). He continues to have no desire to crawl, which I am pretty certain he will just not do. Goodnight everyone!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Trying to not pull my hair out
It's not as it seems. My hair for the past several weeks has just been falling out in gobs. I think at this rate I will be bald by Christmas. I had always heard that when you are pregnant and on prenatal vitamins that your nails get stronger and your hair becomes thicker. My nails definitely did get stronger, but I didn't really notice any change in my hair. I thought this might be the reason for my hair loss, but the crazy thing is that I'm still taking prenatal vitamins. Very bizarre!
Luckily I'm recovering from my cold and Nicholas didn't catch anything. I told Gabe that he shouldn't get sick since he's getting all of my immunities. We have discovered the source of my illness. Apparently every time I work the childrens consignment sale at church, I'm sick the next week. I guess next time I'll just cover myself in antibacterial soap/lotion. The good part about the sale was that I was able to stock up on some Christmas toys for Nicholas (Baby Einstein DVDs, play table, etc) and some holiday clothes, which included the cutest frog costume for Halloween!
Luckily I'm recovering from my cold and Nicholas didn't catch anything. I told Gabe that he shouldn't get sick since he's getting all of my immunities. We have discovered the source of my illness. Apparently every time I work the childrens consignment sale at church, I'm sick the next week. I guess next time I'll just cover myself in antibacterial soap/lotion. The good part about the sale was that I was able to stock up on some Christmas toys for Nicholas (Baby Einstein DVDs, play table, etc) and some holiday clothes, which included the cutest frog costume for Halloween!
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