Then, it got really fun on Saturday. Camden began running a fever. I had him on Tylenol and Ibuprofen but it would never get below 100. His energy level was way down which is shocking if you know this child at all. He's always on the go! Sunday was even worse. Fever was higher and he wouldn't eat or drink anything. In fact, I woke him up at 9:00 just to give him meds and check on him. He was back asleep by 10:30 and slept until almost 1:00!
Slept right on the couch.
By Sunday night before bed, we noticed a pink tinge in his diaper. It appeared to be blood in his urine. We called the doctor on call. Dr. Greenfield said it may be from dehydration, but that we should take him in the next day (which I was planning on doing anyway).
Come Monday, his fever was even higher and he just had no energy or appetite at all. He fell asleep again at 10:15 and slept until 12:30. I was able to get him in to see Dr. Anderson at 2:00.
Here we are waiting for Dr. A. His poor eyes are so pathetic!
His fever was up to 104 while we were there and the blood was still in his urine. Dr. Anderson said he had an ear infection and took a look at this throat. When she gasped, I didn't feel too good. She said his tonsils were really really swollen and covered in infected mucus and puss. She said it was one of the worst throats she'd seen in a long time. She also said that was likely why he wasn't eating or drinking much since it probably hurt to even swallow. They sent us home with a bag in his diaper to collect some urine to test and a prescription for an antibiotic to fight off the infection.
Since I hadn't been feeling too hot since Thursday morning either, I decided a trip to Minute Clinic (again) might help. Sure enough, I was diagnosed with an ear infection as well and given an antibiotic.
By Tuesday morning, after just 2 doses of the antibiotic, Cam's fever finally broke and he had way more energy. I had a raging headache, but my ears and throat did feel a bit better. We all enjoyed some time in our new reading nook and spent the day relaxing and playing in the bonus room.
The lab results came back from Camden's urine culture and all was clear. He still had some red spots in his diapers, but the nurse said it would get better and he got more hydrated. We worked on getting him to eat and drink, but it was still met with little success. However, he was up for some heavy play time with Daddy and Ryker before bed last night.
More good news this morning when he ate more than a couple bites of Honey Nut Cheerios at Aunt Karen's while I cleaned. He even drank half a cup of milk! Woohoo!
Since everyone seemed to be on the mend today, Ryker went to school like normal. After pick up, we stopped at Subway for lunch and then headed to Greenfield for a stop at Goodwill and an Aldi run.
Ryker has been napping less and less often these days. In fact, when he does nap, he is usually up really really late. For example, he took a nap Monday and at 10:38 he was still wide awake in his room. I'd rather not deal with that, so I've been allowing him to stay up. Today, he did chores with me around the house. He had a bit of an emotional spell at one point. I sent him upstairs to calm down and he came back down 10-15 minutes later as good as new. We then worked on some Kindergarten prep. We've been doing flashcards for his numbers and letters almost every day and he hates it. This dry erase activity book reinforces number and letter recognition and he actually enjoys doing it...yay!
I let him watch some TV while I put away laundry. I went to check on him and found him curled up in this blanket with his back to the TV sound asleep. I felt his forehead and it was really warm. I was hoping it was just that he was hot in that blanket, but after a quick thermometer check, he is now running a fever of 101.5. Uggh! It's so weird since he was fine all day. Heck, he ate an entire 6" sub by himself for lunch! Now, he won't eat at all. :-(
SPRING COME QUICKLY!!!!
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