Rough Week

Last week was pretty rough. It all started on Friday. Friday was the day we picked up the little girl puppy. That was not the rough part. After picking up the pup, Mom and I picked up Noher and headed to the house. Mom stayed at the house for a while hanging out (she had not seen Noah for a few weeks and I think was in withdrawal plus she didn't want to leave the pup). Noah was super tired and feel asleep in my arms. I hadn't seen him all day so I held him instead of lying him down in the bed. When he woke up 1 hr later he was super hot. I assumed it was just from cuddling. Mom left and Noah went down for the night. He went to sleep as normal, but woke up at 1:30 (not normal)...and didn't want to go back to sleep. Finally, he did for an hour and was up again at 5 (which was the same time I had to get up b/c I had to work- 7AM-2PM at the vet). I didn't want to leave him b/c I just knew something was not right. I hoped it was just b/c he was teething. I told Justin to take his temp and to call me later in the morning. Justin reassured me everything was good- he's such a great daddy! I called several times throughout the day. By the afternoon his temp was up to 102.0F. I got home and we took a quick 30min nap together. He woke up and just wanted to be held. Justin said all he did all day was sleep. He ate and fell asleep on me again. He was so warm. Justin had a meeting to go to at night and headed out at 5:30. When we woke up, Noah was burning up so I took his temp again...it was up to 104.3F and I was worried! I called Justin and told him and called my mom for moral support. I was so upset. And poor Noah was not happy either. I took off his clothes (down to his diaper) and held him and sang to him while Justin called the after hours number (he had turned around to head home- which I was very thankful for). After talking to the after hour doc. She advised us to use Infants Motrin which lasts 6-8 hours and is stronger than the Infant Tylenol which we had been using. It seemed to do the trick. His temp did go down, but as soon as it wore off the temp climbed right back up. Poor baby ate a total of 16 oz and a little cereal all day- he noramlly eats 30-40 oz a day. We knew something was worng. That night he slept a little better. Sunday was a little better too. Justin sent me pics throughout the day while I was at work. I hated to be away! He ate better and wanted to play Sunday. On Monday I took Noah into the doc. His temp was much better and he was his happy self. But, the doc did find he had a double ear infection- ouch! She gave me a script for antibiotics and said we could use Benadryl at night to help him sleep. We started on the antibiotics Monday afternoon. And the Benadryl was tried that night too- it worked until it wore off, then he was up. I must have picked up something in the docs office because I started feeling bad Tuesday. By Wednesday I had spots on my throat...growing up I got strep every December without fail! Well, I went to the doc on Thurs and sure enough, I had strep. It was pretty scary though, b/c the doc was initially worried that I had mono. So much went running through my head. As a mommy, I'm not allowed to be sick. Especially with a virus like Mono. How would I take care of my baby? Thankfully, all the mono tests were negative! I started on antibiotics too :)- I was thankful that Noah was already on antibiotics, so that he would not catch the awful strep! Needless to say, it was a rough week!!
Our sick baby!

Sick Mommy!