Our first hospital stay (besides being born)

Noah had his first hospital stay (besides being born) this past week. He has been a very sick little boy :(. He started out with what was believed to be a virus but doc was concerned because he had a very high fever!! He did some blood work. White count was slightly elevated so he was pretty sure it was just a virus but could be starting an infection so wanted us to keep him informed if his fever didn't go down (that was Friday 6/24/11).He seemed to get a little better but as soon as Tylenol or motrin wore off, his fever would spike. Sunday His fever spiked to 104.5 and he was having body aches and chills and couldn't get comfortable at all. So I call the dr. on call line and they said to take him to after hours. The PA said his throat was very swollen, red, and had puss spots. So we did a strep test, which came back positive. Ok good, we have an answer and some meds so he should get better right??? WEll not so much!!! Again he started to improve some. His pediatrician, Crittenden, called to check on him Monday morning. I told him his fever was still little high 102 but would go down with meds. He told me if he still had fever on Wednesday to let him know. Wednesday he called and checked on him. He was running low grade 99.5 -100. He said he would call Thursday morning and check on him b/c he shouldn't be running a fever with the antibiotic if the strep was all he had. WEll Wednesday night/early Thursday another spike of high fever 102-103. I called dr direct line to leave a voicemail so he could get it first thing that morning. He called us back as soon a he got the message and told us to come back to the office for examination and more blood work b/c he was concerned strep wasn't the only thing going on. So they took blood and urine for more test. Doctor didn't like the look of the test and was concerned that he was missing something. He was going to consult another dr and call us back but he thought he needed to go to the hospital. After consulting another doctor, They decided he needed to be admitted to childrens hospital for observation and more test. So Noah was admitted to childrens Thursday night 6/30/11. He was exhausted almost lethargic. They would come in several times that night to do vitals and get blood for test. Noah keep trying to take out his IV so they had to put a brace around it. His blood kept clotting so they weren't getting good lab results so therefore kept having to get more blood. He was very dehydrated b/c his throat was so swollen he couldn't eat or drink. Preliminary labs were showing most likely he had mono and strep. So the antibiotic treated the strep but made the mono worse. His fever finally broke Friday morning, so they said if it stayed down unmedicated then we could go home Friday evening (7/1/11). Fever stayed down so we were able to go home!!!!! Ever since he has been doing pretty good, able to eat a little but still very weak and fatigued. He has been sleeping 11-13 hours a night and taking 4-5hr naps during the day. He can't be around other people right now. We should get all lab results back Wednesday just to confirm that mono and strep is all we are dealing with. It has been quite the little ordeal and has been so hard to see him so sick!!!! He is a tough little boy and hopefully he won't remember much of this!

Summer!!!!

I haven't blogged in such a long time!! I decided I would blog about summer so far!!
So far this summer we have been to the zoo, unpluggits, and swimming, swimming, swimming!!!! But This last two weeks Noah got a nasty virus and strep throat, yuck. WE had tickets to the circus and Noah was so excited to go but he was just way to sick. His fever got up to 104.5!!! Noah really wanted to see the tiger. I told him when he felt better we would go see the tiger at the zoo, he said "well ok". We gave our tickets to his uncle Mikey, I'm glad he was able to enjoy them. His fever finally down today and he is getting back to his old self!!!

If anyone is still out there, I'm here

I haven't blogged in forever!! I just haven't had anything to say really... (still don't)
Well lets see, Oklahoma had two snow storms in the last two weeks, which gave me a lot of time at home with Noah. I loved staying home with him. He is at such a fun age. He loves to play chase with the dog, the cat, daddy, me, basically anyone who will play with him. He also loves to wrestle. He loves cars and trucks!!
During this time at home, we have played a lot of chase, wrestling, and playing with cars and trucks and watching movies. We did play in the snow a little but Noah wasn't a big fan of being cold.



Today we got out and went to unpluggits. Noah had a blast!!!

Noah is 1!!!

new shoes

sliding

Noah and daddy

swinging

digging in!!!!

his BFF Brayden

his mickey cake

ball popper

mickey

I can't believe my baby is one!!! Thursday (8/12) we had a big family party for Noah!! He was so excited. He still keeps going around to all his new toys and plays with them for a couple of minutes and then switches to another new one. Some of his favs were his ball popper, a stuffed mickey mouse, some blocks, and his little toddler slide and swing set!!!

Noah 1st hair cut!!

Before......
such a big boy

not to sure about the razor!!

after.... he looks like such a big boy

We got a prize for being so good!!!

Today we got Noah's hair cut!! I can't believe he is old enough for a hair cut. My little boy is growing up way to fast *tear*

zoo trip

We went to the zoo today with some good friends of ours whose son is 8 days older than Noah and goes to the same babysitter!! They are BFF's!!! Apparently everybody else decided to go to the zoo today too. It was so crowded!!!

watching the animals with daddy!!

inside the petting area !!!

sitting on the turtle (but daddy didn't get the turtle in the pic)

watching the goats (he eventally got a goats tail!!)

just hanging out!!!

Noah and Brayden!!!

worn out after a long day!!!!

Noah with RSV or Pat after surgery... not sure which one is worse!!!

Noah has been a very sick little boy. It started with a trip to after hours on Tuesday evening with a 102 fever and a horrible cough. Diagnoised Bronchiolitis and upper respiratory infection, prescribed 2 days worth of steroids and antibiotics and to follow-up with Dr. Crittenden if cough doesn't sound better by Friday. So after being up all night Thursday night , We called Dr. Crittenden's office first thing Friday morning. They said get here as quickly and as safety as you can. We didn't even get Noah out of his PJ's just loaded him up in the car. We did a breathing treatment in the office, then the dr listened to him again and said yep he definitly has RSV and Bronchiolitis. So now he has steroids twice a day for 5 days, breathing treatment every 4hours, every 2 if needed) and finish prescribed antibiotics. He hasn't slept well or ate well and just doesn't feel good. I feel so bad for him. I wish I could make him feel better.

Then theres Pat after surgery........ "Honey, Will you put on my socks? Honey, will you button my pants? Honey, will you help me wash my hair? Honey, What are you thinking of doing for dinner??? Honey, will you check my status on my game?????

Here's an idea Pat NO!!!!!! I won't do that right this minute. I have been up for three days with our very sick son and was actually thinking about maybe taking a shower or taking a little nap while Noah sleeps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, sorry I had to get that off my chest!

I'm sad that we are going to miss the baby dedication at church sunday. Noah is ordered to not be around ppl until at least Tuesday!!