Sunday, December 6, 2009

A Week of Daily Doctor Visits and Tests at the Hospital...UGH!

Here are a few pitiful picture of our little man... :(
(And these were taken during days when he hasn't been at his worst)

You can see Chick Fila beside him and a cookie in his hand. We tried some of his favorites to entice him to eat. No luck with the nuggets, but he did eat the cookie!

Giving me thumbs up during a breathing treatment (wearing his "elephant nose"). He's trying to be a "Trooper!"

Okay, so tis the season to be jolly...or so it should be, but Logan has somehow sent the message out that his season is the season to be sick. Poor fella! It all started LAST Sunday with just a fever and throwing up. We thought, "No big deal, just a stomach bug." But once his fever spiked up to 103.8 (on Tylenol and Motrin rotation) and wouldn't go down (and he couldn't keep anything down) we realized that our little man had something else. What is it he has???

That seems to be the question of the week. The worst day so far was when we had to give him only a tsp. of Pedialyte every 15 minutes, and then every 30 minutes through the night (we needed to keep him from dehydrating, but couldn't put enough in his stomach to come back up). Worse than having a newborn...as far as sleep goes! We've been going to our doctor everyday, and today's tests at the hospital made that the second trip there this week. Nothing major is showing up (which is good!), but also "stumping!" His fever isn't that high anymore, and he actually "tricked" us on Friday by having his fever go away...only to return on Saturday along with a nasty cough. So, now we are on breathing treatments & antibiotics for that. Logan is still sleeping a TON (more than a newborn) which is one of the things making us all worry. He's sleeping for about 2 hours then waking up for about 15 minutes, then he goes back to sleep. He is NOT usually a napper, and normally he wakes up early.
And, he still hasn't eaten much either. We are waiting to hear back from our doctor (which we LOVE!!!) in the morning when she gets the tests results back. She's trying to treat him out patient and keep him out of the hospital because his immune system is weakened and she doesn't want him to pick anything else up.We hope to know how to help him get better very soon!

All of our family and friends have been very supportive and great through all of this! Don't know what we'd do without them!?! Austin has been a super big brother through all of this too. He's given Logan pretty much everything he wants to try to help him fell better. He even let him play his DS (which is a rare occasion) to try to help him perk up! Keep him in your prayers, and hopefully we'll have answers very soon!

3 comments:

The Crotwell Family said...
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The Crotwell Family said...

Hey Stephanie,
Your little man is in my prayers!! Let me know if you need anything. Allie-Ann had to be hospitalized last year this time for RSV, so I understand all about those breathing treatments. I will keep your family in my thoughts and prayers.
Wendy

Anonymous said...

oh no! that sounds quite scary.

i certainly hope logan (and you all) feel better soon! maybe he'll get this out of the way & be back to his normal self well before his birthday!!

poor guy.

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