Friday, November 30, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
The Wee Man is sick...
He is on the mend now...But, it all started on Thursday night (we got home Tuesday night) with a fever that we had under control with medication. By Saturday all Sully could do was lay on me and sleep - he would not even eat. It spiked to over 105 Saturday night so we went to urgent care. They said he had an ear infection. By Monday morning the fever was again over 105 after 2 days of vomiting and a lot of mucous. Poor baby! The screening nurse wanted him in the ER!
So, we get him in there and his fever was DOWN to 105 (rectally, he loved that...). They ran and got cool water and cloths and we sponged him down to cool him off. They said we were lucky he did not have a febrile seizure. They said he was obviously working something else besides an ear infection through his system and wanted to do some tests. So they gave him an IV with antibiotics to jump start the healing of the ear infection and whatever else may be wrong. They gave him the IV (which he promptly ripped out so they had to reinsert it) and took blood and gave him fluids as well.
Then it was time for the chest x-ray. Because one has to remain still for an x-ray, the machine they use for a toddler is like some Medieval torture device! It is a plastic case that the baby is placed in and it holds him still while someone holds his arms straight up in the air, then it rotates. Alan did the work with this one but I heard the screams all through the halls, it was awful! Sully did have a chance to show off his super human strength to the x-ray tech, though...
In the end, the x-ray showed no fluid in his lungs and the bloodwork came back fine - just some NASTY virus running through his system. Poor baby. He is finally eating again, almost normally.
Here is the poor babe with his IV waiting to get his chest x-ray.
So, we get him in there and his fever was DOWN to 105 (rectally, he loved that...). They ran and got cool water and cloths and we sponged him down to cool him off. They said we were lucky he did not have a febrile seizure. They said he was obviously working something else besides an ear infection through his system and wanted to do some tests. So they gave him an IV with antibiotics to jump start the healing of the ear infection and whatever else may be wrong. They gave him the IV (which he promptly ripped out so they had to reinsert it) and took blood and gave him fluids as well.
Then it was time for the chest x-ray. Because one has to remain still for an x-ray, the machine they use for a toddler is like some Medieval torture device! It is a plastic case that the baby is placed in and it holds him still while someone holds his arms straight up in the air, then it rotates. Alan did the work with this one but I heard the screams all through the halls, it was awful! Sully did have a chance to show off his super human strength to the x-ray tech, though...
In the end, the x-ray showed no fluid in his lungs and the bloodwork came back fine - just some NASTY virus running through his system. Poor baby. He is finally eating again, almost normally.
Here is the poor babe with his IV waiting to get his chest x-ray.
And now, off to the Fitzgerald's!
Sully with Grandpa Fitzgerald.
Sully and Grandpa with Barbara in the background.
Alan, Grandpa and Sully - three generations of Fitzgerald men!
Grandpa, Sully, Alan and Great Grandpa Beepa - FOUR generations of Fitzgerald's!
Sully and Beepa laughing it up!
Sully and Grandpa with Barbara in the background.
Alan, Grandpa and Sully - three generations of Fitzgerald men!
Grandpa, Sully, Alan and Great Grandpa Beepa - FOUR generations of Fitzgerald's!
Sully and Beepa laughing it up!
And now off to visit Nin and Dee!
Nin is Alan's mom and Dee is her husband. Both are names that Makayla gave them as a baby and they just stuck!
Fun with Uncle Zack!
Alan, Sully, cousin Aden and Aunt Shannon.
Sully, cousin Aden and cousin Makayla.
Mom and Sully playing with birthday gifts.
More Sully, Aden and Makayla.
Alan, Sully, Austin in the baby carrier, Makayla and Aden on Nin's lap and Nana in the background!
Aden giving Austin a kiss.
Having a grand old time with Dee!
Fun with Uncle Zack!
Alan, Sully, cousin Aden and Aunt Shannon.
Sully, cousin Aden and cousin Makayla.
Mom and Sully playing with birthday gifts.
More Sully, Aden and Makayla.
Alan, Sully, Austin in the baby carrier, Makayla and Aden on Nin's lap and Nana in the background!
Aden giving Austin a kiss.
Having a grand old time with Dee!
Party day!
Nana pushing Sully and Kyle around in a bucket...
Aunt Devon and cousin Kyle.
Balloon fun!
Cassie in her party gear.
Sully and cousin Ian had a great time together!
Aunt Regan with cousin Anya and Sully
Mmmm cake!
Aunt Devon and cousin Kyle.
Balloon fun!
Cassie in her party gear.
Sully and cousin Ian had a great time together!
Aunt Regan with cousin Anya and Sully
Mmmm cake!
Cousins playing together...
Happy boys after a nice nap! Cassie napped too, of course...
Getting clean after a day of fun!
Day two...Sully loved playing with Aunt Devon and all the cool toys that Kyle has!
Working hard on something here!
Getting clean after a day of fun!
Day two...Sully loved playing with Aunt Devon and all the cool toys that Kyle has!
Working hard on something here!
Visiting the Boston Millers!
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