Yes it's true... I've fallen off the blogging wagon the past couple of weeks... well here's what's been going on...
Saturday, the 20th, started as any normal day-- sleeping in (Elijah slept 12 hours!!!!) and just hanging out around the house. We ran some errands and such. Elijah started coughing... a lot... now please keep in mind that Elijah always coughs (please go back to the previous blog about allergies for more in on that) but Saturday was BAD! He has just finished having some solids and I went to get him out of the high chair and realized his head was on FIRE! Sure enough, I took his temp and it was 102.5! AAAHHHHH!!!!! Matt said give him some tylenol and he will be fine. But I said NO, I immediately thought back to the email we received from our dear sitter the day before informing us that one of the boys there had been diagnosed with RSV-- which means Elijah had been exposed to it. I had that mother's intuition and knew this was more than just a teething fever and tTylenol just wasn't going to trick.
We packed up and went to the new Pediatric After Hours (at Baylor on George Bush and Shiloh). They were WONDERFUL!!! Although they didn't have the official RSV test, they confirmed that he did indeed have RSV and we were to begin breathing treatments immediately! They gave us the machine and the mask and all we had to do was go pick up the albuterol. Elijah did awesome with the treatments, except for the one right before bed-- when he wants to go to bed, he wants to go to bed... right then, right there- NO MESSING AROUND! Apparently I was the same way as a child. I didn't want to be rocked, held or loved on, I just wanted my bed!
Elijah slept well for a few nights. He was such a trooper through the RSV. His fever got as high as 103.5. He didn't really want to eat much, and he didn't smile- for those of you that know him, you know that's terrible. He is such a smiling baby! Here are a couple of pics from this week....
Those sweet but red cheeks
Saw a lot of those eyelids over the week
Look at those bags under his eyes :(
We went to our pediatrician on Monday. We LOVE LOVE LOVE Dr. Lanman at Pediatric Associates of Wylie! They did the RSV test and confirmed that it was indeed RSV. We continued the breathing treatments, which helped tremendously. By Wednesday night-- the sleep started getting bad because Elijah was hardly eating. Matt was SO amazing at getting up at night helping Elijah go back to sleep. Thursday morning we headed back to the doctor to have his ears checked out. We were told that RSV almost always ends in an ear infection and sure enough-- Elijah had his very first ear infection and had lost a pound since Saturday! He was finally no longer running fever though!!! We started 10 days of antibiotics for him. By the time we left the doctor- I felt I was getting a fever. When we got home- it was confirmed... I was now running 101 fever. I went to the nurse practioner and started an antibiotic... by Saturday- it wasn't working and I was put on another antibiotic-- it finally seems to be helping!
He's thinking... He's about to start feeling a little better
To make the Jones side of the family happy... we tried out his TN orange. I personally think Red is a MUCH better color!
Having fun in his jumper!
On Thursday night, we decided to get out and have dinner- I felt terrible but wanted to get out! We went to Mimi's before my mom came in town! Here Elijah is trying out the high chair for the first time!
Feelin' good- ready to go to church! He was smiling at his KK--
saying a HUGE thanks for coming to help us out while mommy was sick
Guess he was hiding his face from all the sleepy pics I had been taking!
This was Sunday afternoon naptime!
So all in all, we are VERY glad this past week is OVER!!!!
It is SO hard to see your baby sick and hurting.
The Lord was so gracious to us though. We have heard of so many RSV babies having to be in the hospital and we did not have to go there. We are so thankful for a happy healthy baby!
Thank you to all who prayed for our baby. He is feeling MUCH better now!
