sick, sick, sick

Friday night we were getting ready to leave a friends house and Nathan started acting tired and felt warm. We got home put jammies on and I took his temp, he was 103.4, which isn't to high for him.  I gave him motrin and put him to bed.  Saturday morning I woke up to him whining through the monitor. I rolled over, looked at the clock and said to myself there is no way we are getting up at 6am, not when he normally sleeps till 8-830. I let him whine for a few minutes and decided to get him and a bottle and put him in bed with me for a little.  When I walked into his room I found him in his crib on his tummy his face down in his mattress.  I leaned in to pick him up and he was shaking, was really warm and his body was really stiff.  I held him close to me and rocked him as we went into my room.  I laid him on my bed, his eyes were still shut, not all the way more like he was peeking out the bottom of them, he was still stiff and shaking and had his arms up at his chest with his hands in tight fists.  His breathing was fast, short and the sound of it made me want to give him a breathing treatment.  He was like that for about half an hour. During that time, I called my mom and Keith to have them listen to him breathing and see if I should wait to take him to the doctor when they open and probably not see our doctor since its Saturday or take him to the ER.  I decided to take him to the ER. David and Tommy were both still asleep so I called Keith's mom to come over and sit with the kids.  We went to St. Rose and walked right in, there were no other kids in the ER.  The doctor, Dr. Shane that we saw is the same one that saved Tommy when he had intussusseption, and saw Nathan last year when he was running a high fever for a week in picu and did his spinal.  So, knowing our history with this doctor I was immediately at ease and trusted he'd do whats best for Nathan.  By the time we were in the ER Nathan was awake, kept falling asleep/napping, and was running 102.2 temp.  Dr. Shane ran a bunch of tests/xrays on Nathan and everything came back negative.  He decided that it was a febrile fever. He watched him for a little then we were sent home with instructions to follow up with our doctor and a prescription for diastat (valium enima) that is used to stop seizures. If Nathan was to have another seizure we are supposed to let it go for two minutes, then with one hand call 911 and with the other use the diastat.   Dr. Shane told me that a long seizure is 2-3 minutes, Nathan's was 30 minutes.  We left the ER, stopped at the pharmacy, and picked the older kids up at the Campbell's (thanks guys!!)  Then my parents came and picked up David and Tommy to go to David's baseball game so I could stay home with Nathan.  I called to make our appointment with our doctor and she came on the phone and told me she already has all the paperwork from our ER visit and we had an early morning appointment with her Monday and instructed me to keep him on tylenol/motrin every three hours till she sees him.  Sunday morning we had a baby blessing to be at, so we went to Hudson's blessing and then Nathan & I came home while the rest of the fam went to brunch.  While we were home Nathan woke up from a really short nap and started to tense up and shake.  He was having another seizure.  This one only lasted a few seconds.   Monday we went to see Dr. Goebel.  She agreed that it was a febrile seizure and does not want his temperature to get over 100.9.  Nathan also has strep throat and a nasty sinus infection which is why he was running a fever in the first place.  But, he is on antibiotics now and is feeling SO much better and acting like his normal happy, loving, playful self. 

 BUT since Nathan is such a nice, good brother.... he shared his strep throat/sinus infection with Tommy!!  Tommy is....stubborn to be nice. And was given antibiotics Monday with Nathan but since he is...stubborn, has refused to take them.  I put them in food, drink, treats, tried sitting on him and forcing it down, all the medicine either got left at the table or thrown up.  He was determined not to have the medicine.  So, Tuesday when he was running 102 temp and didn't get off the couch all day I gave him the choice to take medicine like a big boy or go to the doctor and get a shot of medicine...

 he chose the shot.

  He goes back Friday to get the 2nd dose of antibiotic shot.  But he is doing much better now too.  I got strep from these little boys and am on meds too.  David gets to get re-checked Friday when we go back in and hopefully doesn't get it too!