Satan Called.... He Wants HELL Back!

Last Friday I thought my little Bo was acting like he wasn't feeling very well, so I thought "here we go!" Well, I slept over at my mom's house Friday night (Cory was gone) and around 1:00 a.m. Bo woke me up. I went to check on him, and he was burning up! So I gave him some Tylenol and hoped that would bring his fever down. It didn't! So I was up with him all night and finally around 5:00 a.m. I went in to wake up my mom. My baby was burning up, and it was scary, so I headed off to the Emergency room. Bo's fever was 102.8! Cody has had fever's before, but with a little Tylenol or Motrin, they usually come right down, so I didn't really know how to deal with this fever. I thought "It's cold outside, and Bo has a fever. I need to keep him wrapped up so he doesn't get chilled." WRONG! I was basically cooking my baby! You are suppose to strip them down to their diaper, and wipe them down with a warm cloth. Good to know for future reference. Well, I got Bo's fever down, and I was keeping an eye on him, and around 2:00 p.m. I noticed Bo had this rash all over his chest and back. So, I went back to the Dr. for the second time that day. Well, Bo had Strep! He was so sick, and you could tell he was not feeling good, but he still kept smiling at me like..."It's okay mom! I know your doing your best!" He is the sweetest little thing in the whole world!!

My mom gave me a break and took her turn with my sick baby!

(Can you tell we had a rough night! Sorry Mom!!)

Later Saturday night, my mom and dad were heading up to Bear Lake to pick up their boat and to check on things at the cabin. Cody was not letting me take care of Bo and we were getting frustrated with each other so my mom and dad offered to take him with them. I have only spent one night away from him since he was born and that was only because I had to stay over night in the hospital after having Bo! I just don't leave my kids, but I jumped at the offer and sent him off with Grandma and Grandpa! I missed him, but it was really nice to be able to just focus on my sick baby. Little did I know that I needed to enjoy the break because things were about to get worse!!!

My mom and dad brought Cody back to me on Sunday, and Bo was feeling a little better but not himself yet. That night around 1:00 or 2:00 a.m. here comes Cody into our bedroom with that horrible barking cough!! He had Croup! I really could have died! I could not believe this was happening! So I put on the humidifier and tried to comfort him until I could get him into the doctor for a steroid treatment. So off to the Dr. again for the 3rd time in 3 days! We got Cody's medicine and by that night he was feeling better. Unfortunately, it was short lived! Pretty soon, he was throwing up, and running a fever... He had strep!! I called the Doctor because I just could not believe that I'd have to go back again! Thankfully my wonderful Doctor just called in a prescription for Cody and we got him started on his way to recovery. It has been a full week of misery for all involved but I really think we are through the worst of it... Knock on Wood!

My sweet little boys... so sick!!

Thanks to everyone that helped me get through this horrible week!