the one about the fever

last night when Nicholas got home from work he came in and kissed Judah on the forehead just like any other night. However, last night when he gave him a kiss he realized Judah was really warm. We took his temperature and it was 101. I instantly felt like the worst mom in the world. I had spent all day with him, complained a bit about how he was being fussy and never once thought that he might be sick. I figured he was teething or finally going through his 3 month growth spurt (he's a little behind on that!). Good thing his daddy loves him!
A temp of 101 isn't cause for instant concern, especially since Judah didn't have any other symptoms. WE gave him some baby tylenol fed him a little extra and went to bed early. At 3am he woke up screaming and he felt really warm, despite the fact he was only in a short sleeve onsie with nothing more than a sheet over him. Sure enough 102.9 :( We gave him some more tylenol and called the 24 hour number for our doctor. She said we didn't need to go to the ER, but should get into the Dr the next morning.
Judah was so warm, his face was red, his cries were so desperate, and my heart was breaking for him. There was nothing I could really do. i rocked him in my arms and told him i loved him even though he couldn't understand what i was saying.
It was a little scary because he is so little. He is almost 16 weeks old, had he been 2 weeks younger they would have sent us to the ER and drawn blood and it would have been a crazy ordeal. I was glad we didn't have to do that, but then again it made me a little nervous to think that he was 12 days difference from needing immediate care. Although it was heartbreaking to see him hurting i knew God was going to take care of him. Nicholas and i both prayed for our little bubba boy and asked God to heal him, and to take away the pain. God didn't choose to heal him instantly but i know he was and is here with us helping us know its going to be ok.
When we went to the Dr this morning his temp was 103.2 so high for a little guy! Judah did well through out the 2 1/2 hours we were there, except he cried when a) they weighed him, b) they stuck the thermometer up his rectum, c) they poked him and examined his whole body, d) they taped a bag to his privates to get a urine sample, e) they ripped the tape of his privates, f) they gave him a shot that went in slowly and stung worse than a tetanus shot. Yes so other than all that it was too bad. After the antibiotic shot we had to stay for an extra half hour to make sure he didn't have a bad reaction to it. Oh and we get to go back tomorrow for him to have a second dose, and depending on how things go possibly return again on Friday!
It's been 24 hours now and he still has a fever. He's been really lethargic today. He didn't even splash around in the bathtub like he usually loves to do. He cried in his jumper. He just wanted to be held all day. So we're still praying for him and waiting for him to be back to his happy happy self. I miss my smiley boy!


the silver lining of our Dr visit: while perusing the magazines in the waiting room I found 2 coupons for amazon baby- one for 20% off and one for $10 off! I already redeemed them for 200 diapers regularly $45 for $7 (including the amazon mom discount!) woo-hoo :)