After Disney, Wells had a rough night. He slept for about an hour and woke up crying. It really isn't his nature, but I was exhausted so I wasn't being as sensitive as Dad. Jordan went in and got him, and our long night of ups and downs began.
It was odd.. He isn't a big crier, and he loves his sleep {just like his mama}. The next morning I had an appointment to do a weight check since he dropped off his curve from the 2 month appointment.
At the doctor's office, Wells melted. He cried, and he cried. He would be soothed for a minute or two, but then he started again. It was alarming to myself and the nurse so she had Dr. Jeannie come in to check Wells. His poor right ear drum was trying to rupture from pressure. He was in so much pain and completely miserable. Thank goodness the other 3 kiddos were at home with Ms. Renae so I could focus on Wells.
She gave him a shot of rocephin {OUCH}, and she asked me to feed him to see if he could calm down. He wouldn't nurse or take a bottle. I went home with two handfuls of syringes to feed him if he wouldn't nurse. Crazy that we went in for weight and left with a shot and a new feeding regimen. His weight was great, by the way.
I had to take Wells in the next morning for a follow up appointment. He was doing so much better that we decided to go with an oral antibiotic. That worked until nap time. He had slept in a baby bouncer the two nights prior and each nap, but he was in such good spirits I laid him flat for the afternoon nap. Mistake. He woke up screaming 45 minutes later. I gave him Tylenol, and he was still screaming 30 minutes after that. We went back in for our second shot, which committed us to a third shot the next day. Poor guy.
He's doing much better this week! Sweet boy, I am so sorry you got so sick.
This week.... Let me back up... Last week, when I was at the doctor with Wells, Paisley got into an ant hill. She got a yellow blister in the center of a red circle on her foot {we assume it was an ant bite}. I didn't pop it because I thought that made it more prone to infection... I've now learned my lesson. Fast forward to this week, and the yellow is gone, but there's a huge blister. Saturday we popped it, and it was looking meaner with each day this week.
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| I measured so I would have a reference. |
We went to the doctor again Monday and got a prescription for Bactrim {P has an allergy to penicillin and cephalosporin}. Read about her first reaction here. We also got a topical cream that's like an 'extra strength neosporin.'
The skin is starting to peel so something is at work in her little foot.
Monday night, Mac had yellow gunk in his eye. I wiped it and the stuff returned, again and again. I assumed allergies, but I was wrong. {If you're keeping track that list is mighty long.} The next day after swim practice and the museum, his eye started turning pink. I had pulled more crusted gunk from his eye that morning, but I really didn't think any more of it. Well.... trusting my intuition once that eye turned pink, his eyelid drooped, and a mama friend's opinion: Mac has pink eye.
Thank goodness I have the drops for it so Mac joined in the lineup of meds at nap and bedtime.
Yesterday Jordan was home sick. He has a sinus infection in his face and chest. He's back at work today so either he realized rest doesn't really happen at home, or he's made a serious recovery.
My turn, although I wish I could be spared... Before Disney, I had a mysterious bump on my bum. My brain is in so many places so I don't pinpoint symptoms or put them together until they start screaming. A few nights before I noticed the bum bump {ha}, I felt like I was coming OUT of my skin. I scratched, no relief. I tossed and turned. I was so exhausted that I would start to fall asleep and then the 'bugs crawling in my skin' feeling returned. I started to think I was having a reaction, and the last thing I had consumed was Bud Light Lime. No!! Not my Bud Light Lime!!!
I had an appointment with my OB a couple days later and showed him the bump. It had a vertical line running through it as well as blisters on it. Lovely. He immediately knew it was shingles. Shingles?! How in the world??? Apparently you don't have to be 86 to get shingles. Yay, me.
So last night... I noticed a strange red spot on the inside of my forearm. You have got to be kidding me, I thought. I took note of it's size, and this morning the red streak is slowly but surely making its way to the spot.
I don't have a primary care doctor so I phoned a few places I had been referred. Since when does a doctor have to 'accept' a patient before they can be seen? All the places wanted me to make an appointment 3+ weeks away. I only call the doctor when I'm sick so it's odd to have an appointment for a meet and greet. Honestly, that's bogus to me. Clearly, I don't have time for this....
Turns out I had another round of valtrex to be filled at the pharmacy so I started that today. Fingers crossed all these issues in our house will leave as quickly as they came.
We ask for His healing hands to be laid on our family, Amen!
as always,
ashley
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