Rough Day

Took the boys to the doc today. Jackson started running a fever on Monday after school - 102 or so and then it went away for a day and a half.. so thought we were in the clear... but after his nap yesterday, he woke up feeling super hot. Took his temp and it was 103.2. Not cool. I already had Ethan scheduled for today for his 4 mo shots, so went ahead and took J w/ me. So glad Ryan showed up at the doc to help me out. 2 small children are quite the handful - esp as soon as we pulled into the office, before he even got out of the car seat, Jackson exclaims "gotta go pee pee!" - so thankful Ryan was right there and grabbed him up. No way we would have made it by the time I got Ethan out of the car...

Anyway, first up - Jackson. He's got the flu. Yep. Influenza A. Lovely. I was thinking the doc may say "he's got a virus - it'll go away in a few days..." or "ear infection" but really never expected to hear "he's positive for the flu." Poor POOOOOOOOR guy! You can tell when you look at those sweet big brown eyes that he feels like crap. He is super whiny and mopey and isn't really playing and running around crazy like he normally does. Not wanting to eat, just drink. So the doc gave him some stuff for his body aches and cough and Ryan and I some tamiflu to help prevent us from getting it. We just have to PRAY PRAY PRAY that Ethan doesn't get it. There isn't a darn thing we can do for him. He isn't even old enough for IBU. The only thing he can have is Tylenol. I feel so horrible for Jackson but for awhile, I have to keep him upstairs and his baby brother downstairs... should be an interesting balancing act, but we'll manage.

Ethan - He had his 4mo vaccines, etc. He weighs 15 pounds, 3oz (52nd percentile) and 25in long (48th percentile) and his head measures 41.8cm (33rd percentile). He's doing super great. Doc was impressed w/ the strength in his legs. We talked to the doc about a flat spot developing on his head so we're going to do lots and lots more tummy time and sitting in the bumbo. He can't help it that he is such a great sleeper! :) Anyway, he got his little leg shots and screamed so hard his little face got blood red. We'll have to give him some Tylenol every 4hrs for the next day or so. Overall, he's doing super excellent. Reflux seems to be under control w/ the Prevacid and he's now taking 4 bottles/day at 6-7 oz each - all w/ cereal. Much, much improvement. We'll probably add some baby food in the next month or so...

Please pray for my sweet boys. Ryan has had the flu twice in his life and it's the only thing I've ever seen to actually stop him in his tracks.... so I know this virus is nasty. I've never had the flu and pray that I never do. More importantly, I don't want anyone that Jackson has been around to get it... especially Ethan. We're going to hole ourselves up in the house for several days and get healthy. I see lots and lots of sanitizer in my future.