Yup you saw the title correctly we made our first trip to the ER. Last Tuesday my son woke up from his very short nap feeling hot, and I check his temp and he had a fever of a 101.3. I send a text to husband to put him on stand by and when he got out of work he went to the store and got some sprite and some soup for our little one. Well in between all that he was throwing up and than not wanting to eating only pick. I gave him some meds and thankfully he slept good that night. Also my husband didn't go to work the the next day which was last Wednesday because while he was at the store he was a having battery problem. Which luckily our family friend helped him out because when I was on the way our son started to throw up in the car so had to turn back. You know my husband had been so exhausted and with him working on his car till late while I was taking care of our son he was beyond tired. So Wednesday he nor his body couldn't handle it so he decide to stay home.
Anyways back to our son so last Wednesday was a good day until after dinner we notice he was getting little snores around his mouth. We didn't think of anything until he went to sleep for the night but got up at midnight. We try to comfort him, try to figure out what was wrong and to make him happy because he was fuss and crying. Than we notice he had those sores coming out all over his body worst spot was his behind and around his mouth, and to top it off he was itching and it wasn't a little it was a lot.
Since he couldn't get comfortable, and than we notice around his little mouth was swollen so as parents we made the decision to either find a store to get him meds or take him to the ER at 2 in the morning by this time it was Thursday already. Here we go we all got ready and headed to the ER they check him out. We waited for them to call us to the back. So we waited and waited until about 4 o clock they call us to the back in the meantime my son is playing, laughing dancing but no music and saying hi to everyone, made us think if he was really sick...lol. We got called to the back talk to the nurse and got examined and than after a while doctor came in...well come to find out my son had gotten a bad virus/disease called Hand Foot and Mouth. Honestly I used to work with kids before my baby boy and never have I heard of this sickness until becoming a parent. He had not only sores all along his body but he had blisters in his mouth which kept him from eating much or being comfortable. Doctor gave us medicine to keep his mouth comfortable and we just had to waited it out. From there we were on our way home from the hospital at 5 in the morning and that's the time my husband gets up for work, instead we were tired from just coming in and went straight to bed.
You know making our first trip ER, and it being the first time our son got really sick on us since being born was truly hard. I as a mommy felt like I fail as a parent but I understand that I can't protect my son from everything.
We as first time parents is true what they say you learn as you go because this has been a learning process, and it has tested everything for us from lack of sleep to our patience but at the end our main focus was our little guy and glad we took him when needed.
I as a mother and his mother will and would do anything for him and last week was truly put to the test along with my husband(daddy) he did anything for me and for our son(like always).
I want to leave off with thanking God for blessing me with an amazing husband who was there by my side, and didn't let me do any of this by myself and for always helping me! Also it's almost been a week and proud to say our son is feeling much better. He's got a little snores here and there but nothing did or won't keep him down!
Lauren
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