November followed suit as a continuation of sick October. I honestly have lost track of how many times Brody has been to the doctor in the last few months. Some weeks we were there two to three times a week.. Due to his chronic ear infections Brody was kept on antibiotics until we could have his ear tubes placed. I just couldn't shake the feeling that there was something else wrong with him besides his ears. He kept a constant runny nose and cough. For weeks we had been getting him up out of bed and giving him a drink at night in hopes it would stop his coughing but it never did. The whole situation was hard because I was starting to doubt by self and wonder if I was that mother who brought their kid to the doctors for every sniffle.
On Nov 20th Brody went to the OR to have bilateral ear tubes placed. It was hard to send him off to the OR but because he had them done where I work I knew he had a good team taking care of him. The procedure was so quick and I was back with him in just about 10 min. At first he screamed and grabbed his ears but after some Motrin and Tylenol he calmed down and drank some of his bottle. The afternoon following the tubes was pretty normal for Brody. He slept, ate and played with his second cousin Cole. We had even made plans to take the boys to Toys R Us that evening for some Christmas shopping ideas. Unfortunately at dinner I could tell something wasn't right with Brody and I decided to stay home with him and Brett, Andrea, Cole and Graham went out on their own for some family time.
After Brody picked at his dinner I checked his temperature and he was 100.3, so I gave him some Motrin, and took him upstairs for his bath. During his bath he started shivering so I quickly removed him from the water and started getting him ready to go to bed early. Just as he was almost finished with his nighttime bottle he vomited all over me, and upon checking his temperature again he was 104.1, and very tachypneic. Considering he was only 12 hours post op I felt this temperature was to high and he needed to be evaluated.
At Central Baptist ER Brody's temperature came down slightly but he became pretty listless. It was so frightening to see him be so limp and feel so hot. They did chest films, a CBC, and blood cultures. While there he received a fluid bolus, IV antibiotics, and breathing treatments. After the fluid bolus and breathing treatment Brody began to perk up. We later were discharged with a home nebulizer, antibiotics and with a diagnosis of viral pneumonia and petechiae.
In the few days following his ER visit Brody has continued to spike fevers above 104 and has required many, cool baths and breathing treatments. Unfortunately yesterday we thought we might have to be admitted for dehydration considering Brody absolutely refused to eat or drink anything. Thankfully this morning he has started drinking again,. Dave and I have been taking turns getting up with him at night to check his temp, re dose his Motrin or Tylenol and give him a cool bath if needed. We are hopeful that his pneumonia resolves quickly and that we can get our boy healthy again.
Addendum: One day after Brody's fevers broke he had a rash over his entire body and it was decided that his fevers were not due to the Pneumonia but that he had Roseolla. Luckily it has been almost a full week since any fevers and he is doing better than ever. We LOVE seeing our boy healthy.
