Unexpected Doctor's Visit

On Tuesday night Robbie was getting pretty warm and acting a little lethargic, all he wanted to do was lay on me and half go to sleep.  After a while he started crying and screaming and nothing we did helped calm him down, and we had no idea what was wrong with him.  It's one of the most helpless feelings you can have as a parent, knowing your child is in distress but you have no idea what to do to help relive it.  Not even nursing helped him, this was how upset and in pain he was in.

I called our pediatrician's office after hours, so we had to wait for the doctor on call (which happened to be Robbie's doctor) to call us back.  We didn't want to give him any medication until we heard back from the doctor.  In the meantime of waiting for the call back Robbie had gotten so hot from constantly crying that he threw up.  That's when we decided we need to get his clothes off and try and cool him down with some lukewarm water in the bath tub.  He screamed during this whole ordeal, which was hard because we were trying to help him.  Thankfully this helped cool him down, and he finally started to calm down.  Soon after that the doctor called and told us to give him Tylenol or Advil to help reduce the fever.  He wanted him to come in the the office the next day as long as things didn't get worse.


Luckily Robbie seemed to get better, although his temperature was still elevated he wasn't screaming and he was also acting more like himself.  After a rough night we went to the doctor's office the next day where he still had a fever of 103 degrees, and we were told he had one of two viruses by the doctor on call.  Unfortunately he couldn't tell us which because Robbie couldn't tell us if he had certain symptoms or not.  He told us it should take a few days to pass and to just keep giving him the Advil to help control the fever.  I didn't like this doctor very much - his bedside manner left much to be desired - but it was a relief to identify what was wrong with Robbie.  


Within a day he started feeling much better.  His appetite is much better, and no longer reduced like it had been the last few days.  


While this is part of being a parent, it's one of the unpleasant parts.  The not being able to help your child, and to stand by feeling helpless.  It makes me appreciate Robbie's health more, and to understand better the position of those parents who have sick kids for various reasons for various lengths of time.  I wish all the kids out there good health, and all the parents with sick kids out there a speedy recovery.

The cycle continues...

Well, this may seem a little strange, but after 2 years of hiatus, I'm back on schedule again.  Wish I wasn't though, because it is not pleasant.  I thought things were supposed to change for the better after having a child! Instead, it got worse!  Well, nothing some chocolate and tylenol couldn't fix...  and a hot shower to relieve the aches.

Unexpected doctor visit

Well Kelly took Robbie in to see the doctor today.  He hasn't been feeling very well, he's been running a fever and developed a rash everywhere but his legs (although he didn't seem to scratch at it).  He also got himself so worked up on the Thursday night going to bed that he threw up.  Well the doctor thought it might be strep throat, but the test came back negative.  The prognosis ended up being that it was just a reaction to the MMR vaccine, which does happen occasionally.  (Since I'm writing this about a month after the fact he recovered just fine)