My poor little guy has been sick! It started in the middle of the night, Saturday/Sunday. He woke up crying, and, in my zombie-like state, I put him in our bed. Taylor was already there, so that sent Stephen over the edge (literally), and he went to sleep with Sydney. Parker was coughing so badly that he threw up. So, then Taylor went to Sydney's bed, and, after throwing the sheets in the washing machine, I put Parker back in his bed and I slept on the floor.
When we woke up Sunday, he had a fever. I kept him home with me while Stephen and the girls went to church, church group, and out to lunch with friends. After he woke up from his nap, his temperature was almost 103. I decided to take him to an after-hours place. I wanted to rule out the flu or strep.
We had to wait about 30 minutes to go back. Poor baby- about 10 minutes into the wait, he threw up ALL over me. Twice. It was so sad, for both of us. I couldn't even stand up because it literally didn't hit the floor- it was just stuck on me. TMI, I know. A sweet father waiting in the room went and got me a bunch of paper towels. I was totally crying. I didn't know what to do and I felt so bad for Parker. Anyways, we got it cleaned up... well, kind of. We both had it all over us, somewhat washed off, for the next 3 hours. Uggh.
When the doctor saw him, she found out he had a strain of the flu that wasn't included in his vaccination. Since he'd had symptoms for a few days, Tamiflu wasn't prescribed. It would just have to run its course.
When we got home, showers were taken immediately. My sweet mom came down that evening so she could stay with him on Monday. I stayed home with him today, and am going to stay home again tomorrow. (Hubs is in Dallas). I thought about taking him to daycare tomorrow- he hasn't had a fever since it broke about 2 AM this morning. However, when I picked Taylor up today at daycare, they told me they had sent 3 kids home today from his class with the stomach bug. I would hate for him to get that on top of what he already has!
I slept on the floor next to him the last 2.5 nights. Parker has been waking up so many times in the night, wanting water, so it's been good to be there. However, my back is totally out of whack now. Floor < Mattress. I think I'll be okay tonight in my bed, which I am soooo excited about. :)
Here's hoping Parker gets better and I can get back to work on Thursday!
We went to Publix and he wore this raincoat. Everybody he walked by would say, "Hey, Batman!" Then, Parker saw a man there who looked like Santa. Parker was pointing at him, saying, "Santa! Santa!" He was a great sport about it and was asking Parker if he's been a good boy. That totally made his day.
Little drummer boy.
