sick baby

during grant and ginni's visit, sully was not feeling well. he had a little fever and was not eating a lot. by sunday he seemed to be doing better and we chalked it up to a virus since both ryan and i had also been sick.

then wednesday and thursday rolled around and his fever came back. nothing alarming, but enough to need a little tylenol to bring it down. then friday, after he woke up from his nap he was burning up. i took his temperature and the thermometer said 104. 104, could that be right?? it was an ear thermometer, and i thought if it were to be inaccurate it would be on the low side. so i checked his other ear. 105! his cheeks were flushed and he had been pretty lethargic all day. i decided to call our new pediatrician who we haven't even seen yet. eric and colleen swear by her and i thought maybe she'd be able to get us in, even if it was 3:30 on a friday. the receptionist said she was booked but asked about his symptoms and i told her about his fever. she said it sounded like he needed to be seen and would call us back after she talked to the doctor. not five minutes later she called and said i could bring him in within the next half hour or so. i was so relieved not to have to bring him to urgent care!

by the time we got there sully's fever had gone down a little but was still at 102. it turned out that he had an ear infection and was also teething, which was not helping the situation at all. she prescribed an antibiotic and suggested we keep him on tylenol/motrin to keep the fever down and ease the pain of his gums. dr. webb said he might have a fever through the weekend, but it should be done by monday and if it wasn't, to call.

a sick baby is a good reminder of what it is to have a newborn again! up constantly through the night and needing so much attention. poor little guy. the one upside to it though was that he was very snuggly and content to lay on the couch and watch a movie. those of you who know him know he doesn't do either of those things! so it was nice to hold him on my lap and relax since i wasn't feeling well either. poor ryan was the healthiest of us all so he got the brunt of the baby care, particularly the middle of the night wake-ups. by sunday, he was exhausted.

here are some pictures i snapped, and just reviewing them i realized that in all the pictures he is rubbing his ear. poor sweetie.


here he woke up from a nap so hot i didn't even want to take his temp. we stripped him down and gave him some motrin and waited for it to kick in.

watching a little 'surf's up' with daddy. :)

see, he just doesn't look well, huh? through the weekend he took two naps a day and hardly ate anything at all. strawberries were the only thing he would accept.

sad face for my sick baby. it was just as miserable for me and ryan.

a very unflattering picture, but notable since this hasn't happened since he was a newborn. he woke up from a nap and didn't want to do anything but lay against my chest. this picture was taken on monday, the worst day. his fever had kicked up in the night and now he wasn't eating OR drinking. then, when we were in the playroom, he slipped and bit his tongue. he couldn't stop screaming and there was blood EVERYWHERE. later you could see the wound and it was deep; a cut the size and shape of a tooth creating a little flap on his tongue. i'm sure it was so painful and only added to the discomfort of his mouth. the teeth coming in aren't the next ones in line, they are the ones after that and they look like big teeth! two on top and one on the bottom. i had a meltdown after this incident and at one point i was holding a crying sullivan while ryan was holding a crying me. it was quite a sight. ryan called the doctor and she said that he is still feeling terrible and it is not uncommon for toddlers to refuse food and water until the antibiotics really kick in. sure enough, by the end of the day sully had eaten a decent dinner and drank some milk. phew.

i am now happy to report the sullivan is healthy and back to terrorizing everything in his path. :)