Fever...Again..

First off, let me start off by saying....I am very fortunate to have such happy and healthy children. I have no idea how parents deal with sick kids all of the time as my heart breaks for my little fellow who couldn't sleep last night and had a terrible fever.

Around midnight, Gibson woke up screaming. After trying to rock him, walk him around the block, drive him in the car around Hoover, I finally got him to calm down. He finally went back to sleep around 3:30. Let's just say, he fell asleep me holding him while sitting up on the couch.

I am sure that you understand that there was no doubt that we would be visiting Dr. Huie this morning.

I called as soon as he woke up around 8:00 and made an appointment for us to see Dr. Huie. The first available that they had was around 2:00. I went ahead and made one for both of the kids considering that LeLe has the same runny nose/fever/congestion along with a rash on her head.

Mother volunteered to go to the doctor with me. I think that she may feel sorry for me. She dressed LeLe (as you can probably tell from the crazy hair bow). At this point, I was just thankful to have her help. She is such a blessing and is so wonderful with the kids.

As soon as Dr. Huie entered the room, LeLe asks if he wants to come to her house and play with her. He said that maybe he could sometime. Dr. Huie took one look at her and said.."it is a virus". He then proceeded to suggest that we see a dermatologist for the rash in her hair.

LeLe has had a cold too so I went ahead and took her as well. I also wanted Dr. Huie to look at the rash that she has in her hair. He wasn't sure what it was so he has referred both of the kids to a dermatologist in Vestavia.

As for little Gibson, he took one look at his right ear and says....well, that is a pretty bad ear infection. I am sure that he could have seen my face drop as I really really have been fortunate with LeLe (not having but 1 ear infection). I then proceed in asking 150 different questions such as "does this mean that he is going to have a bunch of ear infections? is this normal? is he going to be my ear baby? how many ear infections until tubes?". Dr. Huie explained that most children get 3-4 ear infections the first year of life and considering he is almost 6 months old, we are beating the odds. So, I calmed down. Mother stayed with me to drop off the prescriptions and then we headed home.

Gibson had lost down to 16 lbs 12 ounces. He did eat some supper...and wore some too. Tonight, it put him back into his nap nanny to sleep. The elevation really helped him.