Life in the South with the Smiths: Sick Little Guy!

Our Poor Little guy has been sick since Sunday!

Sunday night he didn't sleep well and Monday he woke up cranky and fussy. I figured it was just teething and left it at that for several hours. I often think Lawson is running a fever just to take it and it be normal so even though I thought he was burning up I just said well I'm probably not right again and let it go!

After 3 hours of his constant screaming and crying I was like well lets just check... I checked and it was 103!! I immediately called the doctor and got an appointment. I had to be at the doctors office with in 20 minutes.. Umm sometimes it can take 22-25 minutes to get there because of traffic, but we made it in 15!

Lawson normally deals with the doctor well but even the receptionist said,
"poor Lawson what is wrong you, you are not yourself!" Upon weighting Lawson and entering the exam room he started his whaling. I'm not talking about crying folks, I'm talking about screaming and whaling at the top of his lungs!!! The doctor came in and immediately knew something was wrong. After examining him he says just as I suspected he has puss in his ears.. double ear infection! I felt so bad! Lawson hadn't ran a fever that high in a long time and I thought it was all teething at first.. Bad Mommy!!

So we left with some antibiotics, ones he had taken before and done well with. Jonah was working Monday during the day but was off that night. Well we both were up and only got about 2.5-3 hours of sleep! Lawson's fever would not break we kept him on Tylenol then friends recommended alternating between Motrin and Tylenol so we did that! In my mind I kept thinking should we take him to the ER?? You just never know since they cant tell you what is wrong! Finally around 4 am the fever broke and subsided down to around 100! Lawson was still not a happy camper, but at least he was cooling down!

Around 9 am and after 2 hours of screaming again I finally took Lawson outside and he settled down but instead of being rocked he wanted down to play! I figured well if it will keep him from crying Ill let him play what harm can it do RIGHT!!

OH I WAS WRONG!!

Infants often get vertigo with a double ear infection making their balance off. For a toddler who already has unsteady feet this was not a good thing.

Lawson was walking around with his little bucket collecting acorns then all of the sudden as he headed towards the cement patio lost his footing and smack right on his face he landed. I of course grabbed him and tried to comfort him noticing his nose was scrapped and starting to swell I attempted putting ice and frozen peas on it! At first I thought its just a little scrape no big deal but then the bruising started and he still was fussing about 2 hours later.

Jonah was in training at work but I kept texting him "What do I do? Do I call the doctor? Take him back in? They are going to think I'm a crazy mom!" but I followed my instincts and took him in!

Thank goodness because he fractured his nose! It was not misaligned but still the bone was cracked! Ill leave out all the wonderful details of how the xray experience was and the doctors visit because you probably know it consisted of lots of crying !

Eventually we left the doctor with new antibiotics for his ears since he didn't seem to be reacting to his other ones well!

To make a long story short more crying and sleepless nights were ahead of us! Oh and may I mention glares from strangers and comments from strangers questioning my motherly skills.

We ran out of diapers because of Lawson's bad reaction to his first meds so we had to run to target! I tried to look presentable but after 2 nights of maybe 3 hours of sleep total I was far from caring what I looked like! At target I had 3 women ask me what had happened to his nose and said you need to watch him more! Then came the check out lady who wanted a play by play on what happened when he hurt his nose! I should have taken Jonahs advice and said, " he was crying so I punched him in the face" to see what type of reaction I received!

Today is Thursday and my child is finally starting to feel somewhat better! For those of you who have known what is going on thank you for all the support prayers and well wishes, it has helped us get through this crazy time! Ill leave you with photos from this past week!