Okay, I'm not sick. Thank God! Solomon isn't really that sick either. He's just got the eternally stuffy nose that causes him to wake up frequently throughout the night and breathe like a mini-Darth Vadar. I would rock him back to sleep in the middle of the night but the minute I put him on his back, he would scream again. I finally took him downstairs on the big couch and propped him up on the Boppy pillow and he fell asleep in seconds. So, last night, even though I know you aren't supposed to let them sleep on the Boppy or any pillow, I let him sleep on that and he did so much better. He still woke up a few times all stuffy, but went back to sleep right away. I also put some Vicks Baby Rub on his chest and plugged one of those mini vaporizer things into the wall.
The real sickly one in our house continues to be Alex. He was walking death all weekend. He had a temperature almost the entire weekend. It actually got up to 104 a few times. It was at 102-103 often. He took tons of ibuprofen and that only seemed to help temporarily. I paged the doctor three times. I know it annoyed her (not his regular doctor but the one on call from the group) but he had started his second antibiotic on Friday and it wasn't helping. After all, I think I have the right to be paranoid. The last time he had a temperature like that, he had pneumonia, had to be hospitalized, and had to have his lung cut open to remove the jelly-like fluid that had formed inside. She finally told him to use a combination of ibuprofen and extra strength Tylenol. Every four hours he has to take four Advil, then four hours later, two Tylenol and back to the Advil four hours later. He was a little better this morning, but not great. His doctor's office called this morning and he has another appointment. They were surprised his fever had lasted so long so they might give him a steroid shot to help him out.
It was pretty rough because Alex was trying to work (it's deadline week at the magazine OF COURSE) and he couldn't really help out with Solomon at all b/c he felt like crap and was busy. My mom came over yesterday afternoon and took care of Solomon while I did some stuff and took a nap. It was nice. I was SOOO tired after getting up with him so many times on Saturday night. Luckily, despite being sick, little Solomon was a happy baby most of the weekend.
Big Sol also came down for a visit. I think the highlight of Alex's weekend was that he played a little X-Box 360 with Sol. Then, he started to feel like crap again.
The KU vs. MU game was good. My parents came over with pizza. KU didn't even play well at all but still won. I hate MU, so that was fantastic. It was fun to watch the game on our new TV. It wasn't even in HD on ESPNU but it was still nice. The KU vs. Iowa St. game on Wednesday is on regular ESPN, so it will be my first official KU game in HD. It is like you are there.. pretty cool. I can't wait. I watched a bit of the football games in HD yesterday and they looked awesome. It makes the other TVs in the house seem blurry.
My niece, Zoe, had her first slumber party with some of her friends on Saturday night. I was on the phone with my sister when I heard her (Kandi) explaining to the girls what the food plans were for the night. When Kandi said, "root beer floats", one of the girls, probably Zoe, let out this yelp of excitement that I can't figure out how to spell. It was so funny. I still get that excited over food sometimes, but as an adult I've had to learn how to squelch my emotions about such things... so unfortunate.
Fortunately, our daycare person is feeling better. She was sick Thursday and Friday which presented a bit of a headache for us.
3 comments:
Wow Kel! That sucks that your boys are both sick. There must be some sort of infection Alez is brewing for his fever to last that long, and I'm glad you were advocating for him! I was cracking up about the mini Darth Vador comment. Just let Alex know that "Eli loves Percy!", at least it might make him laugh a little. Good to know Patti was there to help you out!
Hope everyone gets better quick!
-C
I also hope you all recover very soon. This time of year is the worst for colds and whatnot. And don't feel bad (I don't think you do!) about letting Solomon sleep in the boppy when he's sick. I can't tell you how many times I slept with Gus on the couch when he was sick. It was literally the the only solution! It's survival mode...
ek
Ditto on Erin's comment about Sol sleeping in the boppy. With a cold, it makes sense he wants to be propped up. And don't forget you can put the Vicks rub on the soles of his feet and put socks on. It will help and won't be as messy. I think Erin has done that and I did it over Xmas break and it DID work. Excellent.
Best of luck to everyone getting healthy - and YOU having to deal with it. Been there.
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