Emergancy Room Blues...

Dear Elijah,

Well, last night was our first trip to the ER! You were acting kind of agitated, and wouldn't go to sleep, and you were fussy, and also you didn't really want to eat. I tried nursing you, and you weren't interested which is not the norm. So I noticed that you did feel warmer than usual to me, and asked your dad to feel your head, and he too said it was hot. So we took your temperature and it was at 101.5 which made me nervous. I have no idea why you would have a fever... You weren't coughing, you weren't throwing up, and your bowel movements were normal. Sorry I just said bowel movements... Anyway, I thought maybe because you might be teething??? But I wasn't sure of that since you have yet to show us anything in that department. Soooooooooo, I was already getting dressed and calling the nurse hot-line, while getting your card and other things together! I was like... "We are going to the ER, because I'm not taking any chances!" Your daddy of course agreed, even though he thought you would be fine. I also knew it might not be anything, but I struggle with going back and forth and figured it's better to be safe. You just looked so miserable. Plus, the nurse did advise us to take you since your doctor was not on call, and we couldn't ask him questions. She said she would take you in. Little did I know, we were taking you to a much more miserable place :/ I walked in, and immediately wanted to hold my breath and spray sanitizer all over. Better yet, a bubble would have been preferable at that moment. I seriously almost felt like a bad mother for taking you there. There were people coughing, hunched over looking green, and I could have sworn there was some questionable stuff on the floor. YUCK! I of course felt bad for these poor people who were sick and needing relief, but on the other hand, I was like, "can you breath in the opposite direction of my baby?" hahaha... So we checked you in at about 12:30am, and waited until about 1:30am... They called you in and weighed you, checked your blood pressure and took your temperature. The good news was that your weight was good, your blood pressure was normal, and your temperature, although still high was coming down. The nurse said her advice would be to give him the right amount of baby Tylenol every 4 hours. You see, we had given you a way low dosage before since it's been a while since you've needed it. We gave you like half of a half of a regular dosage for your weight. So that was good to know. We decided then to get you out of that place, and bring you home, give you the correct amount of medicine, and let you sleep. You finally fell asleep and we took your temperature again, and your fever had gone down! Yay!!! Then you woke up once, ate very well, and your temperature was normal :) That made me happy. You went back to sleep too, which was great! All of our prayers were answered along with the sweet prayers of our friends and family. Your dad and I even got "some" rest, which was good. Today you have been sleeping for a long time. You were up with me for a while, but not super active. You were just laying on me and talking to me. Then your grandpa came over to drop some drums off here for your daddy, and you lit up! You liked the drums, so I put them in front of you and let you play for a while. You were all smiles! You started to feel a little warm to me again, so I gave you a small dose of Tylenol and nursed you to sleep. You have been sleeping since. I think I've checked on you like 20 times! I'm just glad you are getting rest. I made an appointment for you tomorrow with your doctor just to make sure everything is alright. But when I did, they told me you were due for your next round of shots! My heart dropped. They are going to examine you and then give you shots. So if you weren't feeling to bad now, you will be tomorrow. That's so sad!!! You have already had a terrible night, and now you will probably get a fever from your shots tomorrow. Ugh! The moral of this story.... Prayer works, and friends and family who pray with you are priceless! You JUST woke up with no fever, and are super happy! love you. Sorry about tomorrow baby boy! But we will pray you through it :)