Preston had had a cold for about a week and it seemed like it had finally gone away when Preston started coughing at night and got a fever. I thought maybe he had gotten bronchitis or something and so i decided to take him to the after hours clinic in Orem on the Saturday before Valentines day. I wanted him to be all better for his Valentines Party for the kids from church on Valentines Day. ;-) So Davin and I took Preston to the clinic which we have never been to before. The doctor said his lungs sounded fine and it was most likely a virus but then his fever went up to 102 from a 100 when we first got called back...he also fell asleep on my lap...poor kid! When we told the doctor about his strep infection back in September and that he has D.M.D. she got a little nervous and wanted to put him in the hospital in Provo for an overnight observation and so they could do x-rays and blood work.
By this time it was about 8:30 pm and we are tired and hungry. All i could think of is that i didn't want Preston back in the hospital and also i thought the doctor was over reacting...a little. I told her that i didn't want him to go into the hospital and asked if maybe we could just go through the ER and see how sick he really was before admitting him to the hospital. The doctor agreed and had us go to the Orem Hospital ER. Of course we had to wait a while for the lab work and x-rays to get done and by this time...around 10 we were starving! Thankfully Seth and Megan live right around the corner from the Orem Hospital so i called Megan and asked her if she could bring us some burgers or something...which she did...including a yummy frosty ;-) Anyways around 11pm the doctor came in and said that Preston had Pneumonia but luckily it had been caught early! The good news is that we could go home with antibiotics and not have to go stay at the hospital...yay! Although the doctor ordered Preston get 2 shots 1 in each thigh with antibiotics before we left...ouch! The nurse there was kinda horrible at drawing blood and giving shots. It made me feel so bad for him cause she dug in his arm for like 5 mins for a vein and Preston usually doesn't even cry when he gets his blood drawn...so i knew this lady was dumb and couldn't find a vein for some reason. After everything we got home around midnight...still better than having to stay at the hospital though ;-)
Worst of all...Preston was too sick still to go to his Valentines party ;-( I guess we will have to wait til next year! I am really glad we took him in though and that they caught the pneumonia early on. ;-)
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| Poor guy needed all 3 of his puppies for moral support( I think)when he went to bed sick ;-( I couldn't even get him to smile for the camera...he was pretty dang miserable! We got him a frog humidifier which helped him sleep a bit better while he was sick...he loves it haha he thought it was a toy at first. ;-P |
Poor kid, we have been dealing with sick kids for the past two weeks, but not that sick. Brielle also had to miss her V-day party, so I was super sad for her. Her teacher brought her Valentines to her and that made her happy! I hope little P is doing better now!
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