Sickie

Poor baby Huck was a sick boy this weekend... Is there anything more pathetic than a sick baby? This was really the first time he has been sick with more than a cold. It started on Thursday- he was a little more irritable than usual when I left for jury duty in the morning. By the time Juror #7 got home (luckily it was a one day case), he was pretty pathetic- clingy, quiet, warm and so very tired. The Hubby reported he had slept a lot that day. His temp was 99. By Friday morning his temp was a little higher at 100. I went to work but the Hubby called me around lunch saying Huck was "listless and pretty warm." My nurses sent me home to take care of my baby. I took his temp (because the Hubby refused to take a rectal temp...) and it was 101 so I made an appointment with the doctor. A few hours later we had a diagnosis of double ear infections and a prescription for an antibiotic. His fever went up and down all weekend and when it was elevated he was pretty sad. When it was down he would play. He nursed fine but didn't eat any real food all weekend. He NEVER just sits on my lap anymore but he sure did a lot of that this weekend. I really didn't get much of anything accomplished because I had a baby in my arms almost the whole time.
Then last night he really scared me. He woke up about an hour after he had gone to sleep and screamed. And I mean screamed! He was crying, screeching, arching his back, rolling around in my arms or on the floor ... I knew the poor guy was in pain! I called the Hubby and made him come home because I was really scared! The screaming lasted for 45 minutes almost non-stop. He'd fall asleep for a minute or two and then start screaming again. He fell asleep about 2 minutes before the Hubby walked in the door and stayed asleep that time. I kept expecting to see puss and blood come pouring out of his ear like his ear drum had burst. Poor guy. He slept through the night after that and the Hubby reports he seems fine today. Hopefully now that he has been on the antibiotic for almost 3 days he will only improve from here on out. Knock on wood- we really have such healthy children!