Little Sickie

Well, last night was... eventful, to say the least!

On Friday afternoon, when I picked Nikos up from daycare, he was running a fever of 102.7-- his highest ever. After giving him some acetaminophen, it had dropped to 101 by bedtime. He was fine overnight, and his temperature hovered near 100 when he woke up. Throughout the day, though, it began to creep back up-- even with periodic doses of acetaminophen or ibuprofen. When we woke from his afternoon nap, it was higher than ever-- 102.9-- so I called the nurse advice line. The nurse I spoke with was great, and she scheduled an after-hours pediatric appointment for us. At 8:45 last night! It was such an odd time to have an appointment, but we were relieved to get some answers. I began to notice some tiny red spots appearing on his back and belly, which just added to the worry. We put him down for the night as normal, then gently transferred him to the car when it was time to go. He slept the entire way there.

We got in to see the doctor really quickly, and she determined that he probably has a sinus infection. She prescribed antibiotics, which we are starting this morning. He definitely didn't have an ear infection, and she said that the spots were a fever rash (common with a high fever). We drove back home, and he quickly conked out in his crib again. It all went pretty smoothly, we thought!

Until 11:30, that is. He woke up SCREAMING! Not just whimpering, but full-on screaming! Gus and I both rushed into his room. He was SO hot-- like a little furnace-- and he would NOT calm down. Not even long enough for me to give him some medicine. We held him down so I could take him temperature, and were shocked to see that it had climbed to 103.5!! He was burning up! He was shivering as I held him, and tears were streaming down his face. It was SO scary, but we managed to get through it. Eventually, he calmed down enough so I could give him his medicine. We also gave him a sippy cup of water, and turned on his cool mist humidifier (which cools down the room a little bit). After much rocking and pacing and snuggling, I laid him back down in his crib, and he drifted off to sleep. We didn't hear a peep from him after that.

Anyway... that was our night! The good news is that he feels nice and cool this morning, and he slept in for an hour and a half past his normal wake time. We'll start the antibiotics today, which should help a lot. I just hope our little guy is back to 100% in time for his birthday next weekend! Think healthy thoughts!