Where things stand.
Yes this is another entry all about how my kid is still sick.
Last Monday was the last night of good sleep Henry's had. Tuesday night he was fussy all night, Wednesday night he moaned and groaned, Thursday night he had a full-blown cold and couldn't breathe comfortably, Friday night see Thursday but also include the revelation that he's also teething (because apparently the Universe hates us). Which brings us to Saturday night. He couldn't settle down long enough to sleep because of the teething and the coughing. Around 3:30AM I pulled him out of his crib and brought him to bed with us so that I could rub his back until he fell asleep. He slept for a couple of hours, then sat up, fussed, and threw himself dramatically across Dave's neck, after which he sighed comfortably and settled down. Dave put up with this for a few minutes then came to his senses and put Henry back in his crib. He slept until 8AM. Dave went in to get him up for the day but as soon as he picked him up, Henry laid his head on Dave's shoulder and went back to sleep. So back to bed he went. And he slept until noon.
Henry was pretty groggy during the early afternoon but he had some lunch and wandered around the house for a bit. Dave and his parents took him up to the University for a tour of Dave's lab and by the time they came home around three, Henry was ready to crash again. I put him down for a nap and let him go for two and a half hours. When I got him up at 5:30, he was out like a light but I was worried that if we didn't get him up now, he'd be awake all night. He was feeling hot so I took his temperature which was 103.4. We got pretty worried, gave him some Tylenol Cough and Cold for Infants, then called his doctor. He said we were doing the right thing, that Henry's temperature was high but not at the point where he was really worried about it. If it got up to 104 or more, put him in lukewarm bath to cool him down. He also told us to bring him in for a checkup today at 8AM. We stripped Henry down to his diapers and put him back to bed. He went to sleep immediately. Dave and I took turns fretting and going upstairs every 20 or 30 minutes to take his temperature. It went steadily down until it finally broke a few hours later. At 10 Henry woke up hungry so we gave him a late dinner then freaked out because we were uttlery exhausted and here Henry was, wide awake after having slept the entire day with the exception of about four hours in the middle. Dave read him his favorite book which he wasn't remotely interested in. In a desperate bid to get him to sleep, we turned off all the lights and Dave rocked him. He fell asleep a few minutes later. I couldn't believe it. He only woke up a few times during the night after that.
The doctor checked him out this morning and said to continue giving him the Tylenol or we could switch to Advil (which you don't have to give as frequently). He also said Henry has infections in both of his ears so we got a prescription for antibiotics which we have to give him twice a day. The Dr. mentioned he couldn't really hear what was going on in Henry's lungs because he was crying the whole time, so he couldn't rule out pneumonia, although he doesn't think Henry has it. Either way the antiobiotics would take care of it if he does. He's been in a much better mood today, running around the house a bit and playing with some of his toys which had gone untouched since Thursday or Friday. All the sleep he got yesterday really helped him out.
I'm so looking forward to having things return to normal around here.
Also, thank god Dave's parents were here to help look after Henry because we were both stretched pretty thin by the time the weekend rolled around. At one point Saturday evening we were standing in the kitchen, completely dazed, getting dinner ready when Dave stopped and said "Look, we're both in the kitchen getting dinner ready. And Henry's in the living room with my parents. How great is this?" And it truly was great.