ER Visits

Two ER visits in one week?! I was wondering CPS was going to get called. This was one of the hardest weeks for me. So glad to look back and see that everything worked out.

Visit #1: Desmond had been getting high fevers that kept coming back. His fevers were getting super high, like 104 or 105. I would give him Tylenol and they would break. But it was scary! 

On the third night we couldn't get his fever to break so we took him to CHOC ER. I figured there wouldn't be much they could do, but I needed to be sure.

Skyler had gotten home late from work, around midnight I think. We were at the ER around 2am. They checked us in and we waited. They did a few tests, gave him some medicine, and had us wait a long time. Around two hours later we were released with a prescription for ibuprofen.

Poor Skyler had to leave for work around 5am. I felt so bad.

Fast forward a few days later: Mother's Day. We were at my parent's house. Desmond was standing on a chair, fell off, and hit his head on the tile floor. Oh how he screamed! I calmed him down and help him for about 30 minutes. He seemed to be fine, but when I put him down he vomited everywhere. Not good. Signs of a concussion.

We rushed to the ER and checked in. They checked him out and told us they didn't want to do a CT scan because of the risk of leukemia in kids under 2. Yeah, we don't want that. So we elected to stay for a few hours so they could monitor Desmond. It's hard to keep a kid occupied in a room where there are so many things that he can't touch. 

Luckily, he was given a clean bill of health and we were released. We were all exhausted and relieved that Desmond was ok. I understand he is a boy AND Skyler's son, so I'm sure there will be many more trips to the ER, but I hope he continues to be OK.