Monday, November 14, 2005

Poor little guy





Yesterday, Sunday, Ethan had a fever. It is so scary when he gets that hot. He was acting sleepy, so I tried to get him to go take a nap but he wouldn't. He got so fussy and whiny. I wanted a nap, too. I took him to our bedroom and he didn't fall asleep that quickly. He was moaning and whining, but you could tell in his eyes that he was exhausted. I took his temp at it was 102/103! I got a cold washcloth for his head, that is what I like when I am sick. He still isn't old enough to tell us what is wrong. T said he had too many clothes on, so we took off his sweatshirt and sweatpants and put him in a loose tshirt and shorts. T tried to give him some medicine with the syringe thing, but it just got all over his face!
He was shivering some when he was napping, too.
He was finally back to normal around 6 and the fever seemed to be gone. It was like he was so lethargic when moment and then he started talking and got up and played. Very odd.
Around 8pm we were watching tv and hanging out and E climbed up on me and laid down on top of me. He fell asleep pretty quick. T took him up to bed around 8:45pm but he woke up and was shivering again! T brought him back down to me on the couch all swaddled in his blanket. He laid on top of me shivering for awhile. So, yeah, the fever was back!
T took him back up to bed around 9:45 I think, and he stayed in bed. Around midnight he came downstairs kind of whining. I was on computer downstairs and heard him. I decided to go to bed and take him with me. Again, he felt hot and didn't get to sleep until around 1am.
He woke me at 3:44am crying with tears! He must have had a bad dream or something. It woke T up and he came and got him and took him downstairs to the couch. I remember T came and told me his fever was down to 99something. Such an ordeal!
So from 8am on today his temp was normal. I was worried who would watch him today if he had a fever. He was supposed to go to Mrs. F, but T forgot there was a half day, so he just took him in to work with him. I got him at 5:30 at the school then.
My mom is watching him tomorrow, then Mrs. F WEd., sis on Th, C on Friday. Mrs. F is out on Friday, but C said she could watch him Friday.
He got his hair cut again on Thurs and she spiked it up with gel. He is so good getting his haircut!

1 comment:

Gina said...

Boy isn't ot hard when the little ones are sick? I feel for you. Feel better little guy.