Friday, June 5, 2009

A better day...or so we thought


First thing this morning CeJae woke up with a fever, slight but still a fever. We immediately gave him some Tylenol. He hates taking Tylenol here because it has no flavor. He nearly throws up every time he has to take it. In fact he would if it wasn't for the method that the nurses and I have created. He takes a small sip of juice and then takes a little medicine. We continue this pattern until the medicine is all gone. It takes a little longer, but at least he's holding it down. The Dr. decided today that he wanted him on a Tylenol/Motrin routine. So with his first dose of Motrin (in combination with Tylenol) he became a whole new child. He played all afternoon. His awesome nurse disconnected his IV and took the oxygen monitor off so that he could go play in the playroom without his IV pole slowing him down. He built foam building blocks up and then crashed through them. He walked a baby in a little stroller up and down the hall. He was smiling, giggling, and even wanted to run. While we were playing a service dog named Saidee showed up and played too. Saidee even shared some candy with him. I think he would of played all day if they would of let him, but the nurses were starting to get concerned about him over doing it and having breathing issues again. So I made him help clean the playroom and we went back to his room. Just as we got back to his room Chad, Cierra and Cain showed up to visit. He was so excited when he saw that they brought him balloons. I think that made his day. While they were here he continued to play. He was trying so hard to jump on his bed and was sitting on his dad thinking he was holding him down. It was cute! Before his dad, sister and brother left he fell asleep. He woke up a little over an hour ago and needed to go pee. When I picked him up to take him to the bathroom he was burning up again. I went and got the nurse and she took his temp. This time it was 102.7. We did our Tylenol routine and gave it an hour and just checked the temp again. This time it was 102.9. We gave him some Motrin and in another hour if it's not down then the nurse is going to call the Dr. I'm not sure what the next step would be, but I have to say I am starting to feel very discouraged. I thought he was doing better because of his wonderful day, but it's turning into not such a good night. So obviously I doubt were going home tomorrow either. Dang it!

1 comment:

  1. Is he ok! Lindsey told me CJ was sick. Is there anything that we can do for your family. call me.

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