Just Playin' Around

Despite fighting off a virus, Little Man Man was in good spirits right before bath time tonight! He's been kinda down in the dumps and just plain outta sorts since Wednesday. Had fevers ranging from 100-102, diarreah, and now a nasty rash has popped up all over his sweet little face and body. I thought it was just teething and then I thought ears (2 trips and $30 later to the dr. ruled this out). I knew in my "gut" that it was more than teeth and sure enough I was right.

He has been VERY fussy and cranky and this is so unusual, but hopefully he's on the mend!
In the meantime, we decided to have a little fun in the bathroom tonight!
Enjoy:)

Flu Too

Well, it looks like the dreadful Flu Bug has struck the Earnst household too! And we HATE it! Daddy and Henry are all clear right now, but no such luck for the mama. I started feeling achy on Sunday and by Monday morning I literally thought I was going to die. Headed straight for the doc and got Tamiflu....miracle drug! I feel a little better today, but still have fever.

So send all your good vibes our way and say your prayers tonight that Henry and Brad stay well.

*blogger will not allow me to upload photos right now...not sure why. but will get some up as soon as i can for those needing a Henry fix.

Sick...Again....

Well, it seems that Henry has come down with another cold and ear infection. We just got back from the Doctor with a new antibiotic (augmentin), so hopefully this will knock it out for good this time. Poor little angel! He was up and down last night. I don't the the 1st one ever really went away.

Also, I mentioned to Dr. Rhodes that I had given Henry some whole milk yogurt earlier in the week and he immediately broke out around his face and his stomach. I suspect he's allergic to milk, so we're gonna be giving Soy Formula a try and see if his skin and spitting up improves.

*This is probably way more than anyone cares to know, but really just for my journaling purposes.

Update

Well, I hope I can officially say we're on the upswing now. Each night has been a little bit better than the night before and yesterday during the day Henry was pretty much his old self again. He's eating solids again with some minor whincing as he swallows, crawling around like a man on a mission, and "playing chase" with Lucy and Buster.

We have 3 solid days of antibiotics in him, so hopefully his little ear is feeling better. I think last night he would wake up and cry just to be held and not out of pain, so we're gonna have to really try hard to get him back in the habit of soothing himself back to sleep.

Wish us luck for an even better night tonight!

Sick Little Baby

My little Henry has had a rough couple of days. He came down with a fever Wednesday mid-morning so we went to see Dr. Rhodes Wednesday afternoon. His temp was 102! When we got there I noticed a rash all over his body that hadn't been there before, so I mentioned it to the Dr. and he checked further. It turns out Henry has a double whammy! An ear infection (following the green snotty nose he had last week) AND Hand, Foot, Mouth Virus. He has little ulcers all in his mouth and back of his throat and all over his little body. So painful! He won't eat b/c it hurts so bad to swallow, but he will take his bottles so I feel good about that. We've got Amoxicillin for the ear infection, but the virus will just have to run its course. The past 2 nights have been VERY LONG, but I hope the antibiotic will kick in today and give him some relief.

This is my little patient yesterday on the couch. He spent most of the day in my arms sleeping or with his head on my shoulder. That doesn't happen much these days, so I was happy just to sit there and hold him. He's home with Brad today and hopefully will be feeling better in no time!

Sick Little Hen

Sickness abounds in our house right now. Poor little Henry started getting a runny nose on Friday and by Friday night was wheezing terribly. So we decided to take him to Doctors Care at the advice our our pediatritian's answering service. NOT good advice! They gave him some kind of steriod and we were really leary to give it to him b/c the Dr. wasn't a ped. So I called and took him in to see Dr. Goedeke at Parkwood yesterday. She diagnosed him with "Bronchiolitis". Basically a chest cold and we are doing dreadful breathing treatments 3 times a day until Tuesday. H is acting fine and sleeping great, just a little under the weather. Brad seems to be getting a cold too and i've got lots of 'funk' in my chest.

Ahhhh....KIDDIE CRUD!!!

Sick Little Baby

This is how he's been napping this morning. Poor little thing needs something to hold on to!

Poor little Henry is having his first bout with a stomach bug...I think. Yesterday morning when I went to get him out of his crib I found that he had spit up a lot in two places. I figured it was just a little spit up so I took him on to his babysitters. He only drank about 4 ounces of formula that morning (usually gulps 8). She called me at 12:30 and asked me to come pick him up. He had thrown up twice and she was worried that he has a bug. Well, we get home and he is playing, trying to crawl, bouncing, etc. and generally not acting sick at all! I thought he just wanted to play hookie! Last night he would only drink 6 ounces and when I tryed to feed him cereal and pears and sweet potatoes, he would gag all dramatically and scream. Went to bed fine and slept till 7:00...nice! Well, he still won't drink his whole bottle and then totally threw up what he drank this morning. He's acting kinda lethargic and not really himself. I have called the Dr. and am STILL waiting to hear back. I'm beginning to get very frustrated with this pediatrician! I don't think Henry is dehydrated, but something is not right and I want some instructions from them ASAP! Hopefully they'll call back soon.