Sicky Baby

photo by Tia Bennett

My poor little guy is FINALLY feeling better. 3 days before he finished his round of antibiotics for pneumonia, he got a viral infection. Completely unrelated. Geez...what luck. So, while we were down in Vancouver for the weekend to see my sister play soccer (more on that soon), we were up both nights with a fussy, feverish, baby and consoling him and worrying about him during the day. After taking his temp constantly (thanks to my sister in law's cool thermometer, you know the forehead kind? gotta get one of those)...and pushing the Tylenol every 4 hours, we finally took him to an urgent care facility because his fever of 103 just wouldn't come down. Two hours later, after a round of Motrin, the fever finally broke. Scary. Sometimes I'm just not sure when to ride it out or take him to the doctor. So, the poor kid has seen a doctor 5 times in less than 2 weeks, including 2 urgent care visits. Feel the joy of all those appointments. Well, he was negative for RSV and flu. Good. And still eating. Good. But, fevers lasting for more than 5 days.... Bad. So, we are grateful he started coming out of it after 3 days and seems to be returning to his normal self. You just feel so helpless caring for a sicky baby....But, we had him giggling on the couch tonight...we've missed that.