Brantley has gotten sick again!!! I just don't understand it. We try to keep him healthy, wash our hands keep him warm, or cool. But to no avail. The poor little man since last Thursday has been running a pretty much constant fever of 101. At first we tried Tylenol to get it down but it took so long and only took it down to like 100 or 99.5. Well we went to the doctor on Friday for his check up and while we were there he didn't currently have a fever so they gave him his 6 month shots. 3 in his legs and one in the mouth. Brantley we have discovered has a very sensitive gag reflex and as soon as she gave him the one in is mouth he threw up everywhere. In his nose, eye, hair, all over his clothes and the bed that he was on and the blanket he was in. It was a mess.
Well that night proved to be a miserable one for both him and David and I. We were up until 2 with him with another fever we couldn't get to go down and he wasn't eating anything. David found someone to give him a blessing, a neighbor and friend Justin Hannig bless him for coming over so early in the morning. We owe him a lot because this isn't the first time his done it. Anyway David blessed Brantley that his temperature would go down and he would be able to sleep the rest of the night well. And just that happened.
Saturday didn't prove to be any better though. He didn't wake up with a fever but by 1 the fever was back. The doctor told us that if the fevers continued to bring him in so we went again to the doctor. When we got there the fever was 102.8. My mother bless her heart came down for a few minutes to help me with a few things and bought some baby Motrin for him which works wonders and we now LOVE!! The doctor said that he has an upper respiratory infection his ear looks slightly pink, his throat looks raw, his nose his runny and stuffed and he doesn't sound very good. But we gave him the Motrin and the fever was down in 20 minutes. Brantley was back to his old self again. The past couple of days he just wants to be held. He will just lay his head on your shoulder and not move. The ONLY good thing I can see from him getting sick which is how cuddly he is.
Today he is doing better his fever is now starting to come back but he still wont eat hardly anything. Anything besides milk he gags on and then throws everything we have been able to get him to eat up. And we have tried lots of different things. Popsicles, juice, ice but he won't have anything to do with any of it. He did NOT sleep well last night. He was up at one and four and from four on he just cried until 6:30 David tried then to get him to eat which he did. He ate 7 ounces but it took David 40 minutes. He has only had 3 and a half ounces since. I can't get him to take anything. So if you have a few extra prayers could you please send them our way. We want our little man better and back to his old self!!! Thank you!
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Poor guy! Hope he feels better soon. Did he get something from daycare maybe? Did the doctor even know what it was or was it just a temp, throw up, and sore throat and stuff? Hope he feels better and is back to his old self again soon!
ReplyDeletePoor guy! I hope he gets better soon! Did he catch something at daycare? Did the doctor even say what it was or is it just a cold or something? Hope he gets back to his old self again soon! Hope he sleeps better for your sake!
ReplyDeleteI still remember how stressed I got when one of my babies got sick. They are so helpless and depend on you so much, that I was always worried about it until I could see the improvement in their health! I'm glad Brantley is getting over things and I hope his appetite is back.
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