Sunday, Brayden was SO very fussy and that is so unlike him. He is hardly ever fussy and nothing satisfied him. He did not want to eat much of anything and I thought maybe he had a bellyache. Monday morning Brayden woke up at 6:45 a.m. and I went to get him from his crib and I laid my face over on his and he was burning up! I ran and got the thermometer and took his temp right away. It was 101.2. I called the doctor to get an appointment as soon as they opened.
We were able to get an appointment for 11:25. I got myself ready and then I got Brayden ready. I felt so sorry for him. He did not want to eat anything. The only thing he asked for was a snicker doodle cookie that I had made the night before. He enjoyed his cookie while watching Mickey Mouse.
Even though the little guy was not feeling well he still managed to smile behind his paci.
My sweet little man
We headed to the doctor to get him checked out. The nurse checked his weight and temp. He weighs exactly 27 pounds and when we arrived at the doctor his temp was 101.1. While waiting for the doctor we cuddled up and read a book that we brought with us. Poor little guy would not raise his head off my chest and barely moved when the doctor came in the room. He did not feel good at all.
Dr. Voyles came in and we discussed what had been going on with Brayden and then he proceeded to check him out. He checked his ears and said they looked great. He listened to his chest and said everything was clear. Then he had me lay Brayden down on the table and this is when Brayden had a meltdown. He wanted nothing but his mommy. The doctor pressed on his tummy to make sure everything was okay there and it was. Then he took a tongue depressor and checked his throat. Bless his heart....he gagged and gagged. I hate when I have to have that done and it was horrible watching it being done to your baby. Immediately he reached for a swab and swabbed his throat for strep. He said that his throat was really red. He said that he would be back in about 10 minutes with the results and that it would either be strep or a virus.
Dr. Voyles came back in and said that it was NOT strep! Thank goodness! He said to just keep him well hydrated and do not force him to eat if he did not want it and to give him Tylenol every 4 hours for fever.
We went home immediately got a bath, took more Tylenol and cuddled up and watched Fresh Beat Band. He finally took a nap and was still really fussy throughout the rest of the afternoon. He finally ate some peaches and then some chicken nuggets later on that night. Then we got him ready for bed and he was out like a light.
I had decided I was going to get up every 3 hours and check on him and I am sure glad I did. He went to bed around 9 and I got up at midnight and checked his temp and it was 103.2 so I immediately gave him Tylenol and we gave him a lukewarm bath and curled up and watched some TV to see if it was bringing his temp down. Finally it did and I decided to just put him in bed with me the rest of the night.
During the night the fever went down and then came back up around 5:30. He woke up at 10 and his fever was normal and it stayed that way until about noon or so. The majority of the day on Tuesday he kept a fever between 99 and 101.8 but he was still in pretty good spirits. We cuddled up most of the day on Tuesday and was just lazy all day long. I cannot stand to see him feel bad. It makes you feel helpless and all I wanted to do was take it from him. And although I HATED seeing my little man feeling bad, I was secretly loving all this cuddle time with him.
That night he slept with me again and tossed and turned ALL NIGHT LONG! We did not sleep a total of 3 hours. He would cry out and you could tell he just did not feel good at all. Around midnight his fever got up to 102.8 and so we put him in the bath and bought his temp down and then headed back to bed. I kept Tylenol in him and checked his temp every 3 hours.
On Wednesday, we had a little better day but he was still a very fussy little boy. He kept a fever of 99.0 almost all day until he went to bed. On Thursday morning we woke up fever free and stayed that way all day long!! Thank goodness!! He has ate more today and played with his toys. He is definitely getting back to his old self and it makes this mommy & daddy (and Brayden) soooo HAPPY!
