Sick Babies Aren't Fun!

On Tuesday morning when Marc checked on Casen before work, he said he was breathing sort of fast and funny. I told him I would check on him. When I went to get him up, he was really warm. I took his temperature and it was 100. I decided he needed to go to the doctor, but my pediatrician wasn't available so I saw another guy. When I got there, they said he did not have a temperature (I think they were taking it wrong!). Instead of focusing on the temperature and his breathing, they were focusing on the fact that he had 1 diarrea diaper. Casen screamed the whole time the doctor was examining him, so I doubt he could even hear anything. He said it was just a stomach bug going around. I left the doctors and when I got home, his temperature was 101. I was a little mad but I just gave him tylenol. In the middle of that night, he woke up just crying and restless (he never wakes up in the middle of the night). His breathing was really fast again so we called the nurse line. His breathing was 40 per minute and normal was 32 per minute. It wouldn't slow down even when he was calm. She told us to go to quick care. It didn't open until 8 so we gave him some tylenol and put him back to sleep. We got to quick care around 9:30 am and he had a temperature of 103. They immediately gave him more tylenol. After checking him, they found infections in both ears and decided to do a chest x-ray because of the breathing. They discovered that he had pneumonia!! They said it wasn't a lot and his oxygen was really good, but pneumonia nevertheless. He had to have a shot of penicillin and then a breathing treatment with the nebulizer.
Here is a picture of him using his nebulizer. We have to give him 3 treatments a day. The quick care doctor said for 10 days but our pediatrician extended it to 2 or 3 weeks. He said the treatments are really good for him. It is sort of difficult to keep him sitting for the 10 minutes that it takes, but we are getting creative. On Wednesday night we started all the medecines and lots of tylenol and motrin and he was starting to feel much better. Marc and his dad gave him a blessing as well. He woke up with another fever but it went away after some tylenol.

Apparently, when you are sick, it is difficult to eat! He was so tired and sick feeling that he just kept rubbing his eyes and face until he was covered in food! After 4 whole days of being sick, he finally slept through the night last night, and he seems to be feeling much better. His spirits are much higher and he is acting pretty wild! The good news is that the doctor said we are fine to still leave on our trip. By the time we leave on Weds, he will almost be done with his antibiotics, and we will have to bring the breathing machine. It is pretty compact though, so it won't be too difficult to bring. We have been so worried about our little boy this week and we are so grateful that he is feeling better! I guess since he is having his nap right now I better get packing and cleaning instead of blogging! I am so excited for our trip. The first part is a reunion for my siblings. It will be the first time that all of my 6 siblings and their families will all be together since my wedding (6 years ago). There will be 34 of us (if I counted right)! I will be posting lots of pictures when I get back!!

An Update...Finally

Okay, so I thought I wouldn't be that busy since I only have some internship hours left and taking care of Casen, I was wrong. Not only am I busy, but I am exhausted. After working elementary school for only 2 weeks, I am absolutely certain I made the right decision to be a high school counselor instead of an elementary school counselor. The ES counselor is worked to the bone, they have way more kids to see and way more expectations from the administration. I come home completely exhausted every single day!! I only have 80 hours left to get, and I cannot wait to be done. I am currently searching for a job but I am having a few issues with my CCSD paperwork because I am not finished with my hours yet. I have taken to calling schools for interviews but if you don't call the second the job is posted, it is filled. Two of my friends from the program got interviews and hired because they had connections...I need some connections!

This picture is out of order but I can't figure it out so it is just going to stay here! This is a picture of Casen's latest boo boo from his cousin Jac. Casen has been playing with Jac at least 3 days a week for 4 1/2 months and it wasn't until about a month ago that Jac bit him twice on the leg. Apparently this leg is really delicious because he just bit him again! I forgot to take a picture last time so here it is this time. Casen didn't even cry! I guess he is learning to be a tough guy!!

So Casen still is not a fan of grass. He looks like this and starts to cry every time he touches it. We are probably mean parents but we just laugh at him. Well I guess we are not completely mean because once we are done laughing we try to show him how cool it is, but he doesn't believe us. We also took him swimming again last weekend, the pictures are on Saralyn's camera so I can't share them, and he acted like this as well. Last time he was completely chill and loved it, so I don't know what his deal was. He clung to me the whole time and cried when I tried to take his grasp off of me. What a silly little boy!
This is a picture of us at Jason's high school graduation! It was a lot of fun because I worked at Green Valley High School this past semester so I got to go "back stage" and see all the kids lining up. I also got to see all my students graduate that I had worked really hard to help get their credits! We also got to sit in the special teacher seating down on the floor, they were nice front row seats and they were cushy too! I am so proud of Jason for graduating! I can't believe how grown up and handsome he is!
And finally here is a picture of the cutest little baby in the universe! He is such a sweetheart I can't even stand it some times! It is actually a good thing that he is so cute because he has been a bit of a stinker lately. He has decided that he doesn't want to nurse or drink his bottle. I officially stopped nursing him on Monday. I feel good about it because he lasted over 8 months and that was with me basically working full time for the last 4. What I don't feel good about is that he won't even drink a bottle or a sippy cup. We have to force the bottle down his throat most of the time. He will generally only take one or 2 bottles a day willingly. The other day he drank under 20 ounces for the whole day. We will be going to the doctor in about a week, I am hoping that it is just teething or something, because we cannot keep fighting like this!! He does like his solid food a lot and we have been adding extra liquid to it in order to keep him properly hydrated! Even though he is a lot of work, he is definitely worth it. He gives us kisses and hugs and does funny things to make us happy! We will be leaving for our super vacation on July 2 so I will try to post before that, but otherwise it might be a while! Thanks for reading my nice long post and have a great week!