Sick again?

The good news is I figured out why John was a little grumpy at his birthday party.  The bad news is it was because he wasn't feeling well.  I should have known something was up because he wasn't really interested in drinking much of his milk on Saturday.  That is typically a sign that his throat is hurting.  But I just chalked it up to having a lot of people in the house and him not being able to concentrate.

Sunday morning was a typical morning.  He ate his breakfast and drank his milk without much trouble.  At lunch, he ate his food fine, but refused to drink his milk.  So we put him down for a nap.  While he was napping, Tommy and I left to run a few errands while my mom and dad stayed here with John.  They don't get to babysit much, so I don't think they really minded.  About 30 minutes or so later, my mom called and said that John had thrown up while he was sleeping.  She and dad got him cleaned up and then he crashed in her lap.  When we came home, he was still sleeping in her lap.  I checked his temperature and it was 101.7.  So we got him up and gave him a bath and then Tylenol.  We tried to get him to drink some and he would have none of it.  All he would do was cry.  The problem was, it was a Sunday and the next day was a holiday so the doctor's office wouldn't be opened until Tuesday.  I knew he couldn't wait that long.

So we loaded him in the car and took him to the ER.  It was our first time to check out the new TCH in Katy.  We were so thankful for this new hospital last night.  It was nice to be in an ER close to home.  And there was no one in the waiting room when we got there.

After we got him in a room and laid him on the bed, he decided that was the best time to throw up again.  It took us a while to get him cleaned up and then he was miserable.  The doctor came in to see him and decided to give him fluids and do a strep test.  She also checked his ears and said one was really red.  The strep test came back positive and we had to give him a dose of Zofran for the vomiting since he threw up again after receiving some of the fluids.  Finally he began to feel better.

4 hours later we walked out with a prescription for Zofran and Amoxicillan to treat the strep throat and inner ear infection that he had.  I had no idea his ear was hurting.  We finally got him in bed about midnight.

He felt much better today, and ate better without getting sick.  He drank all of his milk today, except for his milk at dinner.  Then he fell asleep in my lap.  Although he doesn't have any fever and hasn't gotten sick at all today, I think I'm going to keep him home from school tomorrow.  I hate for him to miss his last few days before school is out, but I think he'll feel better Wednesday and Thursday if he stays home one more day.