Rough Day

Carter has been sick all day and it has completely worn me out. Last night as John was walking towards our room at midnight, he said that Carter said "hi" to him on his way. I thought it was odd that Carter was lying there awake at midnight so I went in the check on him. I asked him if he was okay and his response was:

Carter: It's not right, Mommy.
Me: What's not right?
Carter: My pillow. I just can't get it right.

Very strange but I went with it. I noticed his cheeks were a little red so I felt him and he was burning up. I checked his temp and it was 102.1. I gave him Tylenol and he fell asleep in our room after about an hour. He woke up with a 102 temp this morning and took Tylenol and it went down to 100. Around 10:30 it was back up to 102 and so I made an appointment with Dr. Morchower. Then only 30 minutes later it spiked at 104.7. Talk about freaked out! I gave him some Motrin and at the doctor it was back down to around 100. We ate lunch at McD's real quick and came home and he fell asleep. Oh, when we got home his temp was back up to 103.9 so he had more Tylenol. All of the blood test and urine test said that it was a viral thing and we had to just let it runs its course.

John came home and we ate pizza. Carter wasn't feeling great but was feeling a little better. I finally found the stroller I had been looking for from someone on Craigslist and was going to pick it up tonight. John and both boys came with me. Carter just stayed in his jammies since he wasn't going to get out of the car. Well, I remembered on our way home that we were out of baby food. Target always has the best prices so I wanted to run in there real quick. Preston was starting to get fussy as it was his bedtime so we all decided to go in real quick. I laid a blanket down in the cart for Carter and he sat in there the whole way through Target with baby food surrounding him. We were finally done and in the check out lane. All of a sudden I see Carter start to gag. Then the whole contents of his stomach come up in the cart all over the baby food. Luckily, the blanket caught most of it but it really upset him. John quickly took him into the bathroom to get him cleaned up and I picked out the food that was clean. This happened to me a couple of months ago too at the same Target except I was by myself with both kids. I will say that it is so much easier to have an extra pair of hands there to help.

On our way home, the boy that was sluggish and barely talking all day would not stop talking. He told us he was hungry and wanted to eat pizza when we got home. After a bath and clean jammies, I took his temp again and what do you know... 98.5!!! I hope the worst of it is over with and pray that the rest of us stay well.

I know Carter had such a rough day and I hate to see one of my kids sick. It just breaks my heart when he feels bad. He is now asleep right next to my bed. I think we both sleep better when he is next to me! I'm not quite sure how that will all work out when there are three of them!

Now, I am exhausted and can't wait to crawl into bed and hopefully get a full nights rest!