We've had quite enough of sickness around here, but every time I think the end is in sight, something happens.
About two and a half weeks ago, Ben was suffering from a nasty cough (coughing so hard he puked), fever, and a constant runny nose. After two days, his fever subsided, so we thought he was ready to go back to daycare... only to find out that his fever had returned with a vengence, and he was MISERABLE at daycare. So we kept him home again, and after taking him to the doctor, we found out his lungs and ears were clear, but he definitely had RSV (respiratory infection virus). So we get a huge snowstorm over the weekend (and Joe and I catch his cold), and by Sunday he seems much better (Joe and I however are NOT feeling as great). But then on Monday he starts to go back downhill, and when we take him back in to the doctor on Tuesday, he now has a double ear infection (side effect from the RSV). So we get a prescription for antibiotics, get another huge snowstorm, and by Friday he's looking better again. My mom comes to visit for the weekend, and all of a sudden on Saturday night, he gets a fever. Again. By Sunday, it's now spiking at 104.5, but it's responding to Motrin, and he doesn't have any other symptoms. I'm still worried, and call the doctor, but by Monday his fever is gone, so Tuesday he returned to daycare.
Of course his first day was awful... I knew it would be after spending almost two weeks at home. So I chalked it up to just needing to readust to daycare again. But Tuesday night I noticed a few spots while giving him his bath... but since they were only a handful (like less than 15), I decided to try a "wait and see" approach. Well, Wednesday goes even worse at daycare, he cries for most of the day, and the daycare staff let me know that his "spots" seem worse. Sure enough, I get him home and there are now about double the amount. So I call the doctor and they tell me it could hives, an allergic reaction to his antibiotic, so I need to give him Benadryl and bring him back into the doctor so they can verify.
That brings us to today. I've taken almost two weeks off of work now, but thankfully the snow days gave me a week free. I feel terrible for Ben... he's obviously got something going on if he's breaking out in hives with random fevers and crying all day. I don't know if it's his antibiotic, his ears still infected, or if this is all still the RSV... but either way he's still miserable and I feel awful for having dumped him in daycare for the past two days. At least today he can relax again at home, and we can solve this crazy riddle about what is going on. I'm really hoping the hives are from the RSV, because if he IS allergic to his antibiotics, we'd have to put down pencillin as an allergy and pray that he eventually outgrows it :(
So wish us luck this afternoon at the doctor and that I can keep my sanity for poor Ben's sake! We are so worried about him!
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