It feels like Friday, but it's only Thursday. I wish it were Friday. I feel crummy. On and Off. My throat hurts and I'm getting a cough. Plus the eye itching thing. The on and off part would be the nausea. I'm not sure if I'm going to "get sick" or not. I wish the belly aching would go away. I'd like to eat.
I made Maddox and myself a large bowl of cocoa wheats. Probably not the best for my belly. Maddox's belly has been feeling fine though and the poor little thing is laying on the couch in fleece PJ's and his 2-sided fleece tie blanket with the fire place on SHIVERING! So I figured I'd make him some hot cereal. Well, he's passed out now that I'm back with the cereal. He has the sippy cup type cups with a lid and straw so that he can carry it around with him and it was laying on it's side on his blanket by his legs because he fell asleep holding it.
I'm feeling a little gloomy today. A little lonesome.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Frustrated
I'm feeling frustrated with Maddox's doctor "appointment" yesterday. The guy listened to his chest and back, looked in his ears, looked at his throat, and said he was fine. They did a white blood cell count and the doctor said "his white blood cell count looks almost perfect". So what is almost perfect? Not perfect? You don't think he really has anything so you don't want to look into it further? Or there is some type of "range" that he is in?
He was just going to send us home and I said "so is there anything I can do about his eyes to make him feel better" and he admitted he completely forgot about his eyes. He never checked them and just wrote out an Rx for an antibiotic eye drop. Three times a day until they are clear and then for 24 more hours after that. The first dose made them worse, the second dose made them worse. He woke up with less goop but redder eyes. The third and fourth dose (so far) has not made any immediate changes. No more goop, which is fantastic, but his eyes are even redder than before. So it seems like they are getting better and maybe his eyes need to get redder before they get better?
But - his cough is terrible and very mucusy and that plus his laryngitis sounding voice makes it sound like he has bronchitis. He's having a hard time breathing (fast & shallow) and his temp is up to 103.0. Maddox's normal temp is between 98.6-98.7. His low grade fever is usually between 99.3-100.4. His cold fever is around 101.4 at the highest. The very highest. So what is up with this 103.0 crap. The doc said he'd have a low grade temp in the day and not to be surprised if his temp shot up again at night (even though I read that your temp gets lower between midnight & early morning which is when he had his 104.4 temp).
I don't know what to think. I know he's sick. I know he feels miserable. He's got the chills, body aches, bloodshot & burning eyes, a fever, mucusy cough, and a squeaky, crackly voice. Loss of appetite even though he hasn't thrown up for days (except once on Tuesday). Personally, it sounds like Pneumonia - especially with the 12 hours of vomiting and some diarrhea and the high fevers. But maybe I am just paranoid? You cannot stop thinking about it constantly when your baby is sick.
He was just going to send us home and I said "so is there anything I can do about his eyes to make him feel better" and he admitted he completely forgot about his eyes. He never checked them and just wrote out an Rx for an antibiotic eye drop. Three times a day until they are clear and then for 24 more hours after that. The first dose made them worse, the second dose made them worse. He woke up with less goop but redder eyes. The third and fourth dose (so far) has not made any immediate changes. No more goop, which is fantastic, but his eyes are even redder than before. So it seems like they are getting better and maybe his eyes need to get redder before they get better?
But - his cough is terrible and very mucusy and that plus his laryngitis sounding voice makes it sound like he has bronchitis. He's having a hard time breathing (fast & shallow) and his temp is up to 103.0. Maddox's normal temp is between 98.6-98.7. His low grade fever is usually between 99.3-100.4. His cold fever is around 101.4 at the highest. The very highest. So what is up with this 103.0 crap. The doc said he'd have a low grade temp in the day and not to be surprised if his temp shot up again at night (even though I read that your temp gets lower between midnight & early morning which is when he had his 104.4 temp).
I don't know what to think. I know he's sick. I know he feels miserable. He's got the chills, body aches, bloodshot & burning eyes, a fever, mucusy cough, and a squeaky, crackly voice. Loss of appetite even though he hasn't thrown up for days (except once on Tuesday). Personally, it sounds like Pneumonia - especially with the 12 hours of vomiting and some diarrhea and the high fevers. But maybe I am just paranoid? You cannot stop thinking about it constantly when your baby is sick.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Boo Hoo
So no more puking, but I'm still sick and on top of that, my eyes are starting to itch and this dumb headache won't go away. I feel super bad for Maddox, but I really hope that I don't get the bloodshot, goopy eyes and icky cough. I hope his goes away soon. He is so sad looking.
I wanted to go out for a chocolate malt tonight for my birthday, but I just don't think I can handle it and really don't want to attempt any dairy (or leaving the house lol). We didn't go to school today, Maddox was just too sick. We planned on not going because we didn't want to get any other kids sick, but with Maddox's eyes and temp, etc, he couldn't go either way.
That's all. My mind has gone completely blank.
I wanted to go out for a chocolate malt tonight for my birthday, but I just don't think I can handle it and really don't want to attempt any dairy (or leaving the house lol). We didn't go to school today, Maddox was just too sick. We planned on not going because we didn't want to get any other kids sick, but with Maddox's eyes and temp, etc, he couldn't go either way.
That's all. My mind has gone completely blank.
Sicky Pics and update
Pictures from our day today.
Kaden - He's only not-pale because I had the warming filter on LOL
Cuties - Looking at themselves in the view finder (and my hair by Maddox's eye - Oops!)
Kaden again
Maddox - this evening
Took Maddox to the doc and they think it's just viral. His white blood cell count looks good, lungs sound good, ears look good, throat looks good. He has an antibiotic eye drop Rx that needs to be given 3 times a day for 3-5 days. He HATES eye drops and I hate that I have to give them to him every couple days (PatADay for allergies), so it really stinks that he needs these drops too.
He has spurts of energy, so he's not a lump all day long. Still as sweet as ever though, but quite the crank to other people. He's had a temp of 101.4 most the day and it will probably rise again tonight, but the doctor said not to worry about it. As long as he doesn't get any worse, the fever doesn't necessarily mean there is anything more serious going on. Hopefully this all will pass soon.
Kaden - He's only not-pale because I had the warming filter on LOL
Cuties - Looking at themselves in the view finder (and my hair by Maddox's eye - Oops!)
Kaden again
Maddox - this evening
Took Maddox to the doc and they think it's just viral. His white blood cell count looks good, lungs sound good, ears look good, throat looks good. He has an antibiotic eye drop Rx that needs to be given 3 times a day for 3-5 days. He HATES eye drops and I hate that I have to give them to him every couple days (PatADay for allergies), so it really stinks that he needs these drops too.
He has spurts of energy, so he's not a lump all day long. Still as sweet as ever though, but quite the crank to other people. He's had a temp of 101.4 most the day and it will probably rise again tonight, but the doctor said not to worry about it. As long as he doesn't get any worse, the fever doesn't necessarily mean there is anything more serious going on. Hopefully this all will pass soon.
Sicker Baby
My poor baby feels miserable. I thought he was getting better. Sunday was a bad day for him, Monday was better, Tuesday was going pretty well until he puked again. I've been concerned about his eyes being bloodshot (started Monday) and how he has had a "Kaden-like" cough all day. Kaden's been sick too, which is where I believe Maddox caught it. He is normally pretty sick when he gets a cold because of his asthma, but he definitely seemed like something else was going on and now I am convinced. They have an appointment for Thursday. I'm going to try to get Maddox into the doctor tomorrow (today/Wednesday). I'm going to call first thing in the morning (normal morning hours). We're definitely not going to school tomorrow. Decided that yesterday morning, but now we are DEFINITELY not going to school!
Maddox is so awesome though. He is still in such a good mood even though he feels so awful. He is so sweet, maybe even sweeter when he is sick. He isn't liking me checking his temp (under arm with digital), but otherwise, he is being so polite while asking for things and when I ask him how he is feeling, etc, he says "I'm just fine!" He's laying in our bed at 3AM, a half hour after waking up, not going back to bed and he's just so sweet and calm. He's not bored or grumpy, just laying in bed. We're on the couch now. I figured if I was staying up a little longer to make sure his temp goes down some and he is not falling back to sleep, we might as well camp out on the couch for a little while. I don't like that his temp hasn't gone below 102, but at least it is not 104.4 anymore. I just don't know if I should call the doctor first and have Clayton go to work and come back home, or if I should just bring Maddox in at 8AM without calling. Our wonderful doctors office takes walk-ins all day long. They do not have well-baby checks past 4-4:30PM, but you can schedule an appointment for a sick child or walk-in with a sick child until around 7:30-8PM.
Sunday:
+ Puking from 6am-6pm
+ No appetite
+ Pee'd twice
+ Temp - 100.2 in the late afternoon
Monday:
+ No puking
+ Still no appetite, but ate a little
+ Not as much liquids (maybe because of the running around we did)
+ Pee'd three times, with one bout of diarrhea
+ Blood shot eyes
+ Minor cough
+ Temp - 99.6 (ish) - cannot remember when I checked it.
Tuesday:
+ Puked once, around 5pm
+ Mucusy cough
+ No appetite - ate about the same as on Monday.
+ Bloodshot eyes, woke up with goop
+ Fairly good energy
+ Pee'd 1-2 times (I remember him going in the morning, but not anything after that)
"Wednesday": (2AM-On)
+ Woke up and had to pee (so Pee'd once)
+ Bloodshot eyes, crusted and goopy
+ Mucusy cough (5 hours after taking Delsym)
+ Seems to have trouble breathing - Seems shallow & fast.
+ High temp
+ 104.4 at 2:30AM
+ 103.7 at 2:45AM (15 minutes after Ibuprofen)
+ 102.7 at 3:00AM (30 minutes after Ibuprofen)
+ 102.4 at 3:30AM (60 minutes after Ibuprofen)
+ 103.2 at 4:30AM
+ 100.2 at 6:30AM
+ 99.7 at 8:30AM
Pics are a little blurry because my camera didn't want to focus in the dark. (Goop and Crust cleaned out prior to pictures).
Pics from this morning - a little crusty (I pulled out the crusts already), but not nearly as goopy or as crusted shut as 2:30AM.
Maddox is so awesome though. He is still in such a good mood even though he feels so awful. He is so sweet, maybe even sweeter when he is sick. He isn't liking me checking his temp (under arm with digital), but otherwise, he is being so polite while asking for things and when I ask him how he is feeling, etc, he says "I'm just fine!" He's laying in our bed at 3AM, a half hour after waking up, not going back to bed and he's just so sweet and calm. He's not bored or grumpy, just laying in bed. We're on the couch now. I figured if I was staying up a little longer to make sure his temp goes down some and he is not falling back to sleep, we might as well camp out on the couch for a little while. I don't like that his temp hasn't gone below 102, but at least it is not 104.4 anymore. I just don't know if I should call the doctor first and have Clayton go to work and come back home, or if I should just bring Maddox in at 8AM without calling. Our wonderful doctors office takes walk-ins all day long. They do not have well-baby checks past 4-4:30PM, but you can schedule an appointment for a sick child or walk-in with a sick child until around 7:30-8PM.
Sunday:
+ Puking from 6am-6pm
+ No appetite
+ Pee'd twice
+ Temp - 100.2 in the late afternoon
Monday:
+ No puking
+ Still no appetite, but ate a little
+ Not as much liquids (maybe because of the running around we did)
+ Pee'd three times, with one bout of diarrhea
+ Blood shot eyes
+ Minor cough
+ Temp - 99.6 (ish) - cannot remember when I checked it.
Tuesday:
+ Puked once, around 5pm
+ Mucusy cough
+ No appetite - ate about the same as on Monday.
+ Bloodshot eyes, woke up with goop
+ Fairly good energy
+ Pee'd 1-2 times (I remember him going in the morning, but not anything after that)
"Wednesday": (2AM-On)
+ Woke up and had to pee (so Pee'd once)
+ Bloodshot eyes, crusted and goopy
+ Mucusy cough (5 hours after taking Delsym)
+ Seems to have trouble breathing - Seems shallow & fast.
+ High temp
+ 104.4 at 2:30AM
+ 103.7 at 2:45AM (15 minutes after Ibuprofen)
+ 102.7 at 3:00AM (30 minutes after Ibuprofen)
+ 102.4 at 3:30AM (60 minutes after Ibuprofen)
+ 103.2 at 4:30AM
+ 100.2 at 6:30AM
+ 99.7 at 8:30AM
Pics are a little blurry because my camera didn't want to focus in the dark. (Goop and Crust cleaned out prior to pictures).
Pics from this morning - a little crusty (I pulled out the crusts already), but not nearly as goopy or as crusted shut as 2:30AM.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Good News and Bad News
We'll start with the bad. I'm puking! Maddox was puking from 6am-6pm on Sunday, we had a great day yesterday, and now I am puking. I KNOW you want details. My nose is filled with blood and I threw up for the first time after eating a nice, big bowl of beef stroganoff. Yum! I blame my sister, because I can LOL I actually feel pretty good though and can understand why Maddox was bouncing off the walls in between puking on Sunday. However, it doesn't make me very hopeful that it will end soon.
Now the good news. We got out state taxes back today and I ordered bumGenius 3.0 One Size diapers, wipes & solution, odor remover, and doubler inserts for nap/bedtime. I saved 5% by googling "cottonbabies coupon" and shipping was free! I think we'll get one big box of size NB or size 1 diapers (or maybe a couple small packages of each) for the first 1-2months because I've heard that cloth diapers tend to leak with teeny babies. And I ordered our babies carseat off Amazon and saved on tax, shipping, AND the actual price of it was knocked down $31!
So in the next couple days (to week) diapers & accessories, carseat, and camera filters (that my wonderful mother ordered for me for my birthday) should be arriving!
Now Maddox wants to go "round in circles" - do I even attempt it?! LOL
Now the good news. We got out state taxes back today and I ordered bumGenius 3.0 One Size diapers, wipes & solution, odor remover, and doubler inserts for nap/bedtime. I saved 5% by googling "cottonbabies coupon" and shipping was free! I think we'll get one big box of size NB or size 1 diapers (or maybe a couple small packages of each) for the first 1-2months because I've heard that cloth diapers tend to leak with teeny babies. And I ordered our babies carseat off Amazon and saved on tax, shipping, AND the actual price of it was knocked down $31!
So in the next couple days (to week) diapers & accessories, carseat, and camera filters (that my wonderful mother ordered for me for my birthday) should be arriving!
Now Maddox wants to go "round in circles" - do I even attempt it?! LOL
Baby Wearing Help
Apple Valley
Babywearing Classes for a Fee
I can meet day/evening to instruct one-on-one or to a small group. The charge is $10 for an hour at my house or $15 at yours. I have a variety of carriers.
Ann Kirchner
Phone: 612-203-3746
applevalleychick@yahoo.com
Babywearing Classes for a Fee
I can meet day/evening to instruct one-on-one or to a small group. The charge is $10 for an hour at my house or $15 at yours. I have a variety of carriers.
Ann Kirchner
Phone: 612-203-3746
applevalleychick@yahoo.com
Monday, February 25, 2008
Sick Baby
Maddox had ate hardly anything in the past two days. Yesterday, he didn't have anything to eat, just liquids. Today, he had half a yobaby yogurt, one spoonful of corn chex, a few cheetos, one piece of turkey off a subway sandwich, two fruit snacks (literally 2 of the snacks out of one little bag), a couple pieces of puppy chow. He finally at about 6 pieces of mixed fruit and a couple spoonfuls of ice cream. He had Aunty Amy buy him a cookie, but thats in the cupboard "for later". He turned down DQ ice cream cake twice, noodles, and several other things. Unfortunately, today he hasn't had too much to drink. Half a cup of lemonade, 1 juice box, and half a cup of green iced tea. He's gone pee twice yesterday and three times today. He finally went pee for the third time late this evening - at almost 9pm.
Saturday night, on the way home from Aunty Amy's house, he fell asleep in the car (around 7pm). He spent most of the evening waking up and crying. He laid with me on the couch and slept for awhile and then came to bed with me. He woke up coughing at 6am on Sunday morning. At first I thought nothing of it. Second cough I was a little concerned. Third cough I sat up and said "Clayton, he'd going to puke!" He didn't, he had dry heaves because he didn't have anything in him, but with the help of a cup of ginger ale and about 20 minutes time, he was puking. If he didn't have anything in his system, he had the dry heaves so I kept him pretty full with ginger ale, ginger ale & lemonade, ginger ale & green tea with honey & lemon. He felt pretty good and was actually pretty hyper, but he was throwing up from 6am-6pm. The poor kiddo even asked for his bucket when he felt like he needed to. He would always puke the first time he asked for his bucket, or within 5 minutes.
He seems to be feeling better today, but not totally. One case of diarrhea this morning and then no appetite today. Hopefully he'll be eating better tomorrow and feeling up for school on Wednesday.
Now some pics from today:
Maddox and Grandma Mary bought me a DQ Ice Cream cake for my bday (this Wed). Maddox had the guy write "Happy Birthday Mommy!"
Maddox - taken with my new lens adapter and 812 warming filter
Maddox and Daddy before bed - again with my warming filter (tripod would have made it more clear)
Saturday night, on the way home from Aunty Amy's house, he fell asleep in the car (around 7pm). He spent most of the evening waking up and crying. He laid with me on the couch and slept for awhile and then came to bed with me. He woke up coughing at 6am on Sunday morning. At first I thought nothing of it. Second cough I was a little concerned. Third cough I sat up and said "Clayton, he'd going to puke!" He didn't, he had dry heaves because he didn't have anything in him, but with the help of a cup of ginger ale and about 20 minutes time, he was puking. If he didn't have anything in his system, he had the dry heaves so I kept him pretty full with ginger ale, ginger ale & lemonade, ginger ale & green tea with honey & lemon. He felt pretty good and was actually pretty hyper, but he was throwing up from 6am-6pm. The poor kiddo even asked for his bucket when he felt like he needed to. He would always puke the first time he asked for his bucket, or within 5 minutes.
He seems to be feeling better today, but not totally. One case of diarrhea this morning and then no appetite today. Hopefully he'll be eating better tomorrow and feeling up for school on Wednesday.
Now some pics from today:
Maddox and Grandma Mary bought me a DQ Ice Cream cake for my bday (this Wed). Maddox had the guy write "Happy Birthday Mommy!"
Maddox - taken with my new lens adapter and 812 warming filter
Maddox and Daddy before bed - again with my warming filter (tripod would have made it more clear)
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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