I finally have a happy healthy normal baby boy again!! yaya!
Over the past week and 1/2 Haylen has been SO sick. My poor little guy was such a champ through it all though. He has never really been sick before, which is amazing for a 2 and 1/2 year old, but the flu hit our house and hit him hard! First I got the flu and it lasted for about 4 days with me. On day 2 Haylen started feeling outta it and on day 3 we were both completely bed ridden and couldn't move. I am so proud of him and can't believe what a sweet little boy he has become. He had a fever of 104 that lasted for 6 days. As long as he stayed drugged up on Tylenol he was able to stay awake for short times and his fever would go down to 101-102ish, but as soon as the 4 hours were up and he needed another dose of Tylenol his fever would spike back up to 104. On day two of his fever he hit 105 and was started twitching out so I took him into emerge. We ended up both getting checked out since I had not felt baby move in over 24 hours and was worried about her since I hardly had eaten anything in 2 days. It was such a relief to hear her little heartbeat! We ended up spending about 6 hours there the first day, since Haylens fever was so high they wanted to wait for it to come down a bit until they sent us home. So they doped him up on Tylenol and Advil and we slept until we were able to go home. They said he wasn't having feveral seizures but involuntary muscle contractions because of the high fever. They were horrible to watch, and I pray I never have to see a child actually have a seizures, these twitches and shakes were bad enough. On day 6 his fever was still spiking up to 104 so I took him back to the hospital and that was the worst experience of my life. My poor little baby had to go for an xray, and of course being pregnant I couldn't go with him, but just had to watch through the glass. He just wanted him mommy so of course he just cried for me the whole time, but the nurse that was in with him was amazing. xrays were bad, but then came the toughest thing ever.....holding my baby down while they took blood out of his tiny little arm. What a nightmare that was to watch. I hope we never have to go through that again, I am way to much of an emotional train wreck to watch my baby in such pain. They also tried to get a urine sample out of him but that never happened. All tests came back fine and they ruled it out to just be a horrible flu and sent us home with some Advil. Finally the next day his fever broke for good and he was wanting to get up and play. What a great feeling it was to watch him play with his toys again!
One thing I will never forget through that week was how sweet of a little boy he his. Even with a fever of 104,and him feeling just miserable, I would simply cough and he would say "you okay mommy?"
It made my heart melt every time. I just love that little guy.
Just the beginning...
9 years ago
