March AGAIN

Not much to say and I am not in the best of moods so this will be short and sweet (ok more like crabby):

Previous posts explained how we came home Saturday, March 3 and went back Monday, March 5 for count check and Caden's aptmt (ear infection confirmed) and my aptmt for fear of walking pneumonia (only resp virus, ha! only?!). G still had his gunky cough that day and ANC was dropped to 0. Disappointing.

Tuesday -Friday lunchtime G was great! Cough was practically non-existent and he was in a great mood w all the normal food and waste perimeters going on. Loved it and I was feeling like we were kicking this virus for good but still his ANC didnt match up.

Friday we had to go into clinic for count check to see if that ANC was climbing. I rushed out of work at 1:30, got T early from school, grabbed G n C from home and still made it to clinic in time. From the time I grabbed G and we arrived to clinic he did not seem himself. Total 360 from the checklist of questions I bombard my motherinlaw with when it is my turn to take over after work. He just lied there all limp in clinic. Surprisingly counts were great. ANC 1, 300 and all others up and hanging tight. But his mood concerned even Dr Dell. He worked every angle to get a smile out of that kid. T and C appreciated his efforts more than G did. I explained that this is how he acts right before we are faced w a fever at home. We left w good counts and instructions to keep an eye on him and call w any concerns.

By that evening at 7 pm he had a fever. At 4 am he had a 20 min coughing fit following some concerning breathing patterns while he slept. Saturday his fever peaked at 39.6 and teetered around the whole day. We ordered dinner knowing that in a few hours we would be instructed to bring him in. We called right after dinner so that we could at least enjoy a meal together before we were separated again. I was in the ER w G by 9 pm. He barely ate, drank or left the couch all day. It was inevitable. I was so glad we saw Dell the day before so he could see what his "brewing" behavior looks like.

We did the usuals- PCR, CBC, cultures, tylenol, pump syringe of cefapime and a new one Tamiflu. He presented w flu like symptoms upon arrival so they took that route (shakes, chills, sensitivity to touch). Cefapime is being administered at 2 and 10 pm, and 6 am. Tamiflu every 12 hours. Until we have the culture results and PCR we are treating it as a flu. Ironically hours after we were admitted (around 1 am) daddy texted me to say T woke w chills and a fever. Why not?! I was afraid something wasnt right when I talked to him about why G and I were headed out again. He was understanding as usual but kinda moaning while he lied there. I wasnt sure if he was starting to not feel well or fighting back tears upon my absence. I held back my tears and got into mommy warrior mode to get G to ER. He is home from school today.

 G has been fever free since Sunday morning.Mood varies. Eating ok but wish it was better. Drinking poorly but is on fluids at least. We may decrease his fluids soon in order to see if his urine is holding steady on its own. Still dont have labs back so we wait. That will predict if we go home on intravenous antibiotics or what.

in other drama-
Since Wednesday Caden figured out how to climb out of his crib. He is so stealth about it too. We joke and call him ninja. T n G never did this. Makes me a wreck. So now my baby that has put himself to sleep n slept thru the nite at weeks old by simple dumping him in his crib no longer exists. Since then he does not nap unless he is completely exhausted enough to skip the fight. This also means the second nap of the day is being avoided by HIM. It is such a game he has created. We were going to switch him to the big boy bed Saturday but realized we were headed to ER w G so it was not worth trying a new transition w out mommy there to lay the law and testing daddys patience.So we wait til this weekend I guess. Nonetheless since G and I have arrived he is driving them nuts with this new stage. He insists on independence and I love that about him. He has two bros which means twice the motivation to do it all and he has completely hit the fast forward button on me. He also added the ability to indicate his need to pee, set up his seat and go all on his own this past Wed-Saturday. It was his lead and my follow. So much so that he refused to wear a diaper and the only compromise I could come up w (since he is not 100% yet) was a Pullup. The novelty of it won him over. While G and I are here I know for sure none of this progress is presenting itself at home and that is ok. One less thing for Mamac and daddy to worry about. I will pick up where we left off soon enough. Either way it is changes for the good and craziness that we are VERY familiar with. It would have been nice for Caden to wait til spring break or summer so we could get some sleep while adjusting to it all but oh well. Hes got bros to impress I guess!

keep you posted about G later