So I guess I spoke too soon!

This weekend started off good, until Saturday- Nicklaus seemed off. Overly tired, a little bit cranky, and I figured that maybe he was bothered by his difficulty breathing; maybe it he is teething. Then I thought to myself.. Man when was the last time he had a bowel movement. Well he kept eating so I was thinking at first he must be constipated. So Sunday 3am- yup we are up, I gave him a bottle and changed him as usual but he just would not go back down. He finally fell asleep in the swing after some Tylenol at 6am just in time for me to get comfy on the couch and start to dose off and in comes Kylie! Never a break I tell you lol.




Well so the morning goes on and Nick gets crankier and I decide to call the Dr. He felt a little warn at this point so I take his temp.. 100.3 While I am waiting for the nurse to call back I say to my hubby I wonder if he ear infections are back. My kids do not get high fevers when they have something wrong. Kylie didn’t even have a fever when she had strep… but yup she had it alright.



Anyway the nurse calls me and proceeds to tell me that 100.3 is not considered a fever in the pediatric world, and that he probably has gas from the new soy formula (now on for over a week) and not to treat the fever, and wait a day to bring him in so he can see his regular Dr. That went over well! So I proceeded to explain last time umm 2 weeks ago when his temp was 99 he had a massive double ear infection. She tells me “well it is not like I am making you wait for a long time, just another 24 hours” “these appointments are reserved for really sick kids and if they are not sick coming in, they will be when they are leaving” so like a good mom would say- I said to her “how the hell do you know if my kid is very sick or not? He is a preemie and is high risk, he also has broncholitis and at the very least I want someone to listen to his lungs. He doesn’t get a fever from gas, and there is something definitely wrong with him, so I don’t care who the Dr. is that is in today, my son is coming in and you better book the appointment.” After having the gall to sigh at me – she asked if I could be there in 40 min. So I sent my hubby as I had another appointment.

Viral Meningitis... don't underestimate symptoms

There was an article in the paper about a boy that had meningitis- had it almost identical to me.  It really hits home with my husband and I because it is amazing that once they determine you are viral and not bacterial they minimize it all so much.  Viral meningitis is just as awful as bacterial in so many ways, I think it is time to educate folks on the affects.  I am attaching the story from the Union Leader as my story is one of my first blogs, and the reason I started writing this blog in the first place.  It took me almost five months to recover, and it was not pleasant at all.  It took a huge toll on my family who thought I was going to die.  They watched me crying because I was in so much pain and the pain medication was not helping.  They watched my blood pressure go so high I could of stroked out.  They watched me as my memory faded away.  They watched me go into a medicine induced coma because the swelling on my brain would not subside.  This all from VIRAL meningitis.  My white cells were as high as someone with bacterial.  People should be worried about it if they have it.  http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Making+a+return+from+a+battle+with+meningitis&articleId=190b7b42-af0a-4335-a773-9b7cca903d27

So don't underestimate the warning signs because you never know!