Man, did I come back to a mess when I got home from Sheridan yesterday afternoon! Monday night, Josh called me to ask if I would please come home. I couldn't for two reasons: I was chaperoning students AND the only way I'd be able to make it home was if I stole the school bus and left everyone there! I guess he had gotten the stomach bug and threw up all night.
Brecken had been whiny that day and that night, after Josh finally quit puking, came to sleep with Josh. Josh said he was really hot but he thought he was just getting some more teeth. Tuesday Josh stayed home from school and Brecken stayed with him but didn't have much life in him. Wednesday, B went to Deb's house where he still didn't have much life to him and when I got there at 3:50 to pick him up, Deb had to wake him up from a 3 1/2 hour nap, which never happens! I knew then that it wasn't teeth coming in, but that B was sick.
Since I knew he wasn't feeling good and all he wanted was to be held, he slept with me and Josh. I should retract that- there was not much sleeping going on. He kept tossing and turning and crying, which in turn meant Josh and I did not sleep. He was also BURNING up. I took his temp at 2:45 and it scared the daylights out of me- 103.5!! I about cried- fevers scare me ever since my niece Karlee went into a seizure because of a fever. So I called my sister and bless her heart, she answered her phone at that un-godly hour! She said to get some ibuprofen in him (which I had already) and get him to drink some cold water. He chugged it. At 3:15, his fever was 102.2. Josh went to the couch to get some sleep and I stayed with B. I didn't sleep. Actually, I slept for about 10 minutes and in that 10 minutes, B managed to fall off the bed. I felt so bad. :( He didn't hurt himself though, it just scared him.
I called in to work today and stayed home with Brecken. Josh called Deb and Jake to say we wouldn't be bringing B over today and Jake said to bring B into the clinic. He's seen lots of 1 year olds this week with fevers that last for a few days and then go away, but he wanted to make sure B didn't have an ear infection. So I called as soon as they opened and they said to come in right away. And B doesn't only have one ear infection, he has TWO! Poor kid- no wonder he wasn't feeling good!!! So we went to the store, got his antibiotic and some Pedialyte, and came home to take a good long nap. He's been very clingy this afternoon but I've managed to get one or two smiles out of him. Right now, he's sleeping next to me on the chair.
So, I got a big huge "Thank goodness! Mommy's home!" when I got back. I feel bad that I was gone while both of my boys were sick!! I'm glad Josh is feeling better. He went back to school yesterday. Let's hope it's not my turn to get sick this weekend!!!
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Sick kids and husbands are not fun to have. If Brecken ever gets a high fever again they told us to never put them in the tub. A cool wash rag is better. You don't want to make the fever drop fast you want it to gradually get back to normal. Fevers are scary. I don't mess around with them. You can also alternate tylenol and ibuprofen every two hours.
Glad that they are both felling better.
Not every two hours. You can alternate them, but not every two hours because that would cause an overdose. Ibuprofen is only every 6 hours and Tylenol is every 4, and not more than that. I would hate to cause an overdose- that would be worse than a fever.
Oh yeah is it every 4 hours. You could give him medication for the fever a couple 24 hours after it has broke. Just to make sure it is not going to came back. I know it probable sounds like I give meds to my kids all the time but we don't want another seizure to happen. One is enough. It sure is hard to see your child breathless laying stiff on the floor and you can't do anything for them
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