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So just as we thought Mikey was doing better he took a turn. Our last visit with his doc was on Monday when he was still running a fever. At that time she said if he’s still running one by Wednesday bring him back in. He was fine on Tuesday at home so on Wednesday we figured he’d be fine to go to daycare. And he acted fine the entire day. He started coughing that night but it wasn’t bad. It was right after his bottle too so we though some formula went down the wrong way. He’s done this before, he’s gonna live.

Well he went to daycare yesterday, Thursday, and he’s coughing a little worse but its not all day long just every once in awhile. What was weird is I got a paper saying a kid in his class has RSV, he’s not at daycare right now but they needed to let parents know because its highly contagious. I thought Mikey was in the clear because he had no fever and that usually goes hand in hand with RSV. Well last night before I took him to get ready for bed I noticed he was feeling hot so I took his temp and it was 100.9. Clearly a fever. NOT GOOD especially now that he is coughing. I was going to wait until the morning to make an appointment but he ended up waking up crying and coughing at 2:30am after I got him down I hopped on my computer and logged onto the pediatrician’s website and got us an appointment for 7:50am and then I went back to sleep.

We got to the pediatricians, he was still running a fever but it wasn’t as high as it was last night. She checked his ears and they were clear. His throat was red, and has apparently stayed that way since our visit on Monday. She had to check for strep which he did NOT enjoy at all. She listened to his lungs and could hear him wheezing. The conclusion Mikey has bronchiolitis. He need antibiotics and to do a nebulizer treatment twice a day for 2 weeks. But he will be fine soon enough.

While we were there she decided to just do his 9 month appointment since we would be going back in a week for that, no sense in coming yet again. The only thing they couldn’t do was his shot. She noticed him majorly tilting and asked me about torticollis. I told her what we’ve been doing and that we have an appointment with a specialist for next week. She checked his eyes to make sure that wasn’t contributing to it and it isn’t. She also mentioned that he has a lot of balance and strength and thinks he’ll be one of those kids that skips crawling all together and to not worry about it at all.

His 9 month stats are:

Weight: 21.13 lbs (75-90th percentile)
Height: 29″ (90th percentile)
Head Cm: 45cm (50-75th percentile)

We had all intentions of having a nice relaxing long weekend starting with taking off from work on Thursday but why would things go the way WE want them to!?!?!? Everything was great up until 4:30 on Thursday when Mikey woke up from his nap. At first he was his normal cheerful self. Full of smiles and laughs. Got to the living room and sat him on the floor with his toys while I got his bottle ready. Then all hell broke loose. He started wailing like he has never wailed before. This loud cry with a grunt. After 15 minutes of it I figured it had to be one of his teeth that are trying to come through so I gave him some tylenol and tried to feed him. It took an hour to give him his 6oz bottle.

After an hour of giving him tylenol he was still wailing and grunting. I immediately thought he must be super constipated and it must be hard for him to push it out. So before I called the pediatrician I took his temp and it was up to 101, but I figured it had to be from all of his crying making him hot. They told me to bring him in immediately. We waited and waited, like we always do over there! We are seriously considering switching doctors because of this crap. The doc looked him over, did a CBC, and a urine sample and nothing came up. He said it could be teething related or it could be the beginnings of a virus and to see how he does the next few days.

Well for the most part Friday was ok except he started getting super cranky that night. On Saturday he woke up feverish so I started giving him tylenol. He then turned super cranky again with his grunting cries so I would alternate with motrin. Nothing was working though. He couldn’t nap because he was so irritable, so because of that we decided to run our errands anyways. Of course our last stop was Publix and by then he was exhausted from not being able to sleep. So we put him in his stroller instead of in the cart and he cried and cried and cried. Eventually daddy had to take him out of the stroller and carry him around the store pushing the stroller. Poor baby would cry in his sleep from being so uncomfortable.

It was a challenge to get him to fall asleep that night but we finally got him down. Found out that around 1:30am he woke himself up and daddy was still awake so he picked him up and brought him to the living room and he passed out on his chest until daddy woke up around 4 and put him back in his crib. I had no idea this went on but at 5:30 Mikey woke up wailing so I ran to his room and he was HOT. I took his temp and it was up to 103 so I took off his pj’s and threw him in a bath to cool him off. Then dressed him in a onesie to go back to sleep. He managed to sleep until 8 and then we started the cranky/crying/grunting/fever thing all over on Sunday.

So here we are Monday morning. Mikey should be in daycare right now and I should be at the office. But nope we are both home. Why? Because he’s still running a fever, it was 100.4 again this morning. And he’s still super cranky and fussy. Thankfully I’m able to work from home so I’m doing that. I called up his doctor immediately at 8am to talk to the nurse and she recommended that we go back in so we have an appointment today at 1:30. Hopefully his doctor can give us a better insight as to what’s bother the poor little guy.