Yesterday was a rough day. Tuesday night Cole was up a majority of the night. By the morning he had developed a bit of a temperature and was drooling like crazy. I don't think he let me set him down for more than a couple minutes all day. Even though I initially only suspected teething we decided it probably wasn't a good idea to head out to the mom/baby group St. Patricks Day party. I'm glad we didn't because by late afternoon his fever had escalated and he had started coughing. He also didn't really eat anything after his lunch and was really out of sorts so we decided that we should try to take him to emerg. When we checked in his temp was sitting around 101 and the room was full of people some there for 8+ hrs. Thankfully we were able to go to the nurses station when he seemed to be getting worse... his temp had gone to 104 and his cough was sounding awful! He got some more advil had a bit of pedialyte and within the hour seemed to have calmed down some. Three plus hours later he seemed fairly normal, minus the bloodshot sleepy eyes that still looked sick. We got a nurse to check him out again his temp was normal. Since we were thinking maybe it would be better to leave (he won't sleep when we're out and about) the nurse got us moved to an ambulatory bed to wait for a doctor. Well, the thing about emergency rooms... you wait forever to get in then you finally get in and realize that you're gonna be waiting inside too. Almost an hour later and after being told they had no idea when a doctor might be around we decided Cole's need for sleep truimped waiting out the entire night there. The night was rough but by morning it seemed like he was a little bit more himself... blowing raspberries on my face and "talking" to the dog and cat. We took him in first thing to see his pediatrician... he has a viral infection, croup... no other complications at this point though so we're waiting it out and heading back for another appoint't tomorrow. The emergency room wait has seriously made us think that we need to find a nearby hospital in the States and pre-program it into our GPS just in case.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
a not so happy St Patricks Day...
Yesterday was a rough day. Tuesday night Cole was up a majority of the night. By the morning he had developed a bit of a temperature and was drooling like crazy. I don't think he let me set him down for more than a couple minutes all day. Even though I initially only suspected teething we decided it probably wasn't a good idea to head out to the mom/baby group St. Patricks Day party. I'm glad we didn't because by late afternoon his fever had escalated and he had started coughing. He also didn't really eat anything after his lunch and was really out of sorts so we decided that we should try to take him to emerg. When we checked in his temp was sitting around 101 and the room was full of people some there for 8+ hrs. Thankfully we were able to go to the nurses station when he seemed to be getting worse... his temp had gone to 104 and his cough was sounding awful! He got some more advil had a bit of pedialyte and within the hour seemed to have calmed down some. Three plus hours later he seemed fairly normal, minus the bloodshot sleepy eyes that still looked sick. We got a nurse to check him out again his temp was normal. Since we were thinking maybe it would be better to leave (he won't sleep when we're out and about) the nurse got us moved to an ambulatory bed to wait for a doctor. Well, the thing about emergency rooms... you wait forever to get in then you finally get in and realize that you're gonna be waiting inside too. Almost an hour later and after being told they had no idea when a doctor might be around we decided Cole's need for sleep truimped waiting out the entire night there. The night was rough but by morning it seemed like he was a little bit more himself... blowing raspberries on my face and "talking" to the dog and cat. We took him in first thing to see his pediatrician... he has a viral infection, croup... no other complications at this point though so we're waiting it out and heading back for another appoint't tomorrow. The emergency room wait has seriously made us think that we need to find a nearby hospital in the States and pre-program it into our GPS just in case.
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aawww the lil guy looks so "spacey" and dazed. I hope he's much better now
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