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harper has been doing something new and it is so funny. he loves to just come and sit next to you and copy everything that you do. its so funny! like father like son...!
we also had quite a scary week last week. harper was acting really fussy so i was thinking he was having issues with his teeh. ( he has about 4 big ones coming in) so i got him to come lay by me, but he felt kind of warm. so i checked his temp and he was 102*. i wasnt sure if i needed to take him to the E.R, since it was about 6:30, so we gave him some meds and notcied it came down. he wasnt acting sick, just fussy. when hes sick he usually pulls on his ears or coughs and just kind of lays around. this time, he was just fussy. the next day he was completely fine. then at about 4 he started getting fussy and wanted to lay with me. so i checked his temp. and he was back to 102*. so i gave him some meds and it went down. we gave him a wet washcloth and layed him by me so i could keep an eye on him. about 2 hours later we check his temp and it was 104.5* so we took him right to the E.R. of course, we had to wait for a while, but once we finally got in, his temp was up to 105.6*. AHHHHHHH!!! his whole body was red, and he was so hot, i felt so bad, like i should have just followed my instincts and got him into the dr. before then. so, they got him some more meds and we waited to see if it would go dow. a little while later they check him and it still was at 105* so, they brought us wet washcloths and wrapped him up. we had to change them every 5 minutes and after a while and very unhappy baby later, they checked his temp. and he was down to 103*. not too much, but they said since it was coming down we could take him home but just watch him. apparently, his fever was caused by 2 ear infections. hes had ear infections before, but this time he wasnt acting like that was what was wrong with. i cant wait for him to just be able to say mom, my ears hurt!! well, not that i want his ears to hurt, but you get the point. so they gave him amoxicillin and we were to give it to him everyday twice a day. well, yesterday when he woke up, he had a rash on his belly, that was slowly spreading all over his body. i got him into the dr. and hes like his mom, just a sickly! hes allergic to it! so he got a shot and we have to keep him up on benadryl. its not a horrible allergy they would give it to him again in a small dose, very small dose, and as a last resort.
aghhh! the things kids put us parents through! im so glad hes doing better, the rash ca last up to 5 days, so now just dealing with that! other than that, weve been good, just looking forward to valentines day!
