SO Glad To Be Home!!!

REALLY! Andrew went to bed on Monday at about 5:30pm. He sometimes goes down for a nap for about an hour. I went to get him up, and he did not want to get up. Tuesday morning he got up, took a six ounce bottle and seemed fine. Shortly after he started running a fever. He has had a cold off and on for a while, so I did not rush him to the dr, since they can't do anything for it. By four in the afternoon, his fever was 104.4. I called the drs office to see if and when to take him to the er, because he would not eat. He had had six ounces since the previous day.

They set up an appt for Wednesday morning, and told me what to watch for and when to go to the er. We made it through the night, kinda. We did not go to the er, but his temp kept spiking and he would not eat or sleep. We went to our appt Wednesday morning, they did a flu test and exam. Flu swab came back negative. The only thing they could find was a red ear. No other symptoms - just a HIGH fever.

We were sent to the hospital. He was so dehydrated that he cried hard for 20 minutes, not a tear. His lips were dry and shrivled. His mouth was dry. The drs office had put numbing cream on his hands and feet for the iv. After trying 6-8 different places, they could not get a vein for the iv. He was that dehydrated. They put the iv in his HEAD!!

We were planning a 24 hour stay. IV and antibiotics for the ear infection (before it got bad). As of yesterday afternoon, we were going home as soon as he got another round of IV antibiotics. By yesterday evening, the dr called me back and apologized for her "whishy-washyness" and said she would really prefer that we stay. He was still spiking fevers and not drinking well.

He was fever free throughout the night last night. This morning, about five, the IV alarm started going off. THere was pressure building on the IV line. We had been having a problem with the line kinking, but it was not kinked. She tried to flush the line and couldn't. It did not appear that the needle had come out, so we were not sure what was going on. THe nurse talked to the dr before he came and saw us this morning. He told us that the IV was going to have to come out, since they could not find the problem with it. He could either have it put in somewhere else, or we could try going home and see how he did. We opted to come home.

He is on antibiotics still. He took a bottle this morning with no problems and is still fever free. As long as he will continue to eat, we should be fine. We have to go see our dr next Friday - assuming there are no problems before then.

Andrew was VERY happy to come home (so was I). I could barely even go to the bathroom while I was there. Andrew would not lay in the crib, so I have been holding him - non-stop - since Wednesday morning. I got him to go in the crib one time, so I could use the bathroom, and came out to him eating the metal rails!! YUCK!! I never put him in the crib again. I would wait until he was asleep in the big bed to run to the bathroom or change, etc.

Daddy came home Wednesday night. He got the next flight out of Louisiana as soon as he heard AJ was going to the hospital. Chrisanna was a life saver and handled six kids until 10:30 or 11 pm Wednesday night until Paul got there to get them. Then she kept them again for a little while last night so he could bring me some clothes and stuff. THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU CHRISANNA!!! You are awesome!