I've have a sick little man. I hate, hate, hate when he is sick. He can't tell me what hurts or what he wants to make it better, and I just have to guess.
Monday morning CJ woke up and seemed perfectly normal. He ate well, played well and when I dropped him off at the gym daycare, he toddled off like normal into the arms of one of the pretty girls who work there. But when I picked him up, I knew something was wrong. He was completely asleep in one of the girls arms, and another girl said he wanted to be held and snuggled her for a long time. Not his normal behavior; he doesn't snuggle (for a long time) and he hasn't taken a morning nap in over a month.
He never stirred when I picked him up, put him in the car, drove home, got him out of the car and put him in his bed. I was hopeful he just needed a good rest, but it was more. He slept almost three and a half hours and woke up with a 102.5+ fever. He would play for just a few minutes and then crash. I think he was awake for less than four hours total on Monday. One time he got off my lap, walked over to his toy shelf, grabbed his teddy bear and puppy, threw them in my lap and held his hands up for me to pick him up. He was awake for a few minutes and then slept for another few hours snuggling his lovies...
The next morning, I was hopeful he would be back to himself. But, I could only get him in his high chair with his teddy bear. He barely ate anything, and never let the teddy bear go.
Then we were off to the doctor...with the bear of course.
Turns out there is a nasty virus going around. You have a high fever for a few days and then you are usually ok. Unfortunately for CJ, his fever has been followed by a rash caused by the virus. I took him back to the doctor today because he looks like he fought a red magic marker and lost. The doctor said not to worry (about CJ or my pregnant self), but he looks so pitiful, and he is still acting a little pitiful in the afternoon/evenings. So I still worry, snuggle a lot and do lots of walking around this house with my little man on my shoulder. Hopefully he will be back to himself soon...
