Yesterday after Cameron's MRI, he was cranky, cuddly, and loopy. The day before he had a high fever, over 102, so I took him in to get checked to make sure he could go forward with the MRI. Well, there was no obvious reason for his fever Thursday, so on with the tests we went.
Let me randomly throw in that we took him to the doctor 4 out of 7 days this week. (UGH)
Cameron seemed to be fine until Friday night. His fever returned, he broke out in a terrible rash, and he didn't drink anything hardly at all since his MRI, and hadn't eaten for 2 days. After he had gone over 16 hours without a single wet diaper, and 3 hours miserably crying inconsolably, Dan and I decided that his fever and our circumstances warranted a 1:00am visit to the ER.
After examining this miserable boy, the ER doc diagnosed him with Coxsackies Virus. Otherwise known as Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease. I have no idea where on earth he picked this up, but it has been a miserable 48 hours. They wanted to avoid an IV so they mixed up a magical little potion called Magic Mouth Wash- Maalox, Benadryl, and Lidocaine, to numb his mouth. He has blistering sores all over his diaper area, hands, and feet, and rash all over his body, his fever, and major sores in his mouth. No wonder he won't eat or drink eh!?
After letting the magic mouthwash kick in, he drank a few ounces of juice and they sent us home with a prescription for the magic potion.
He crashed after he finally got comfortable all loaded up on the mouthwash and motrin.
Needless to say, Dan and I are EXHAUSTED.
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Poor baby and parents! It's just awful when they're sick, but being sick on top of everything else just sucks! Keep your spirits up. Your family is awesome!
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