It was a rough night tonight. I won’t go into details, but suffice to say, I’ve had better Wednesday nights.
The redeeming grace: iPhone 4 comes out on Verizon to preorder tomorrow! Actually, just an hour and a half from now for me. I might be able to order it now. If not, I’ll be doing so on the 26th.
It was bound to happen sooner or later. After 2 1/2 years, my oldest got his first round of antibiotics. He had an ear infection a week ago and was given some antibiotics. Sunday, my wife took him to the walk-in clinic because of a 102* temperature. It turns out he had/still had an ear infection and possibly strep throat. They gave him a prescription for augmentin. It said on the bottle to take with food. Unfortunately, he had only had milk and not much more than that. We found out why it says to take with food: without food in your stomach, it will make you throw up. He threw up a couple of times that afternoon.
Gwen took him to our pediatrician yesterday and she took him off of the augmentin (after a dose and a half) because it had less than productive results. That led us to last night, which was not a good night.
After we got him ready for bed (at most 20 minutes), he threw up in bed. This prompted a changing of the sheets. Not only did he have vomiting, he also had diarrhea. Because of this, his little bottom is blood red; so red, he doesn’t even want you to wipe it. Around 3 this morning, he threw up again. By this point, we had run out of sheets and he had to sleep with us. During this time, there were more diapers that needed to be changed.
5:30 this morning and he woke up screaming/crying. After changing his diaper again, the only way to get him to settle down and go to sleep was for him to lay on me. This lasted until 8 or so, which meant I got little sleep. I made it into work close to 9:45. I think I was there for around 3 hours before my wife said she needed me to pick up some stuff for Wesley. That little trip cost close to $60!
If that wasn’t bad enough, Gwen said that Bryce was sounding pretty funny, especially when he coughed. She scheduled an appointment with the pediatrician again, this time for Bryce. It turns out that he has croup.
So, to sum it all up, we have one kid with an ear infection and diarrhea (which hopefully is clearing up). Kid 2 has croup.
For Gwen and I, that means that we are fully exercising our vocation of parent, care giver, and all-around “make the boys feel better” people.
We can’t wait to see what fun lies in store for tonight!
So January is in the books. Well, I have an hour and 27 minutes, but close enough. I decided to take up the Daily Post challenge. During the month of January, I made 38 posts (including this one). Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to post everyday due to some issues with my website. Fortunately, it only lasted a couple of days.
Below is a calendar showing when I posted.
While feeding him a bottle tonight, he decided to be a big boy and hold it himself. Not too shabby for a 3-month old.
Wesley is sick. He had an ear infection last week. At 2 1/2, he had his first round of antibiotics. Not a bad run if you ask me.
Today, Gwen took him to the walk-in clinic after he woke up with a 102° temperature. The doctor gave him a prescription for augmentin. I now know why they say take it with food: otherwise you throw up! And that’s exactly what happened during naptime.
About 40 minutes into his nap, I heard him crying/screaming over the monitor. I went down to his room and found that he had thrown up in his bed. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the only time he threw up today. He felt it necessary to thrown up twice upstairs on the floor.
Hopefully we’ll have a vomit-free night.
Almighty God, You know we live in the midst of so many dangers that in our frailty we cannot stand upright. Grant strength and protection to support us in all dangers and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Micah 6:1-8
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Matthew 5:1-12
I will be out of the office Friday for the Wyoming Districts’s annual Tell the Good News About Jesus convocation. Speakers this weekend include:
Loving the picture my wife took of the boys today.
Big Brother, Little Brother
It’s been a while since I’ve put up some candid shots of the boys. So, here’s some.
Wesley
New favorite toy: truck track
Crusin’
A trip to Chuck E. Cheese
Bryce
“Hi Dad”
Bundled for a walk
Today we went over to Rapid City for an overnight trip to celebrate a friends birthday. Due to some snow in Wyoming, it took us around 2 1/2 hours instead of the normal 2. It’s nice to get away, even if it is for a day.