saturday morning i woke up feeling cold. . . UNDER my blanket. SO not normal for me, being both pregnant and in the south. i finally convinced myself to get out of bed to go look at the thermostat - it was 6 degrees cooler than we had it set for! i'd noticed that the air just kept blowing and never really stopped, so i checked to see if it was warm or cold. . . it was definitely cold. of course, it's the weekend, meaning that only emergency maintenance problems will be fixed. and OF COURSE it's a long weekend b/c of president's day. fortunately, luck was on my side and this was considered an emergency - it was only 28 degrees outside and there's no other way to heat these houses - no fireplaces or anything, of course (again, it's the south). anyways, about 2 hours after i put in the call, someone came around and fixed it and all was well again.
well, that only lasted a few hours. that evening, as i was getting trevor ready for bed, i noticed that him gums looked swollen. i went to pull his lip back to see when i realized it was actually his LIP! my first reaction was that he must be having some kind of allergic reaction. i couldn't figure out what he'd be reacting to though b/c we hadn't gone anywhere, done anything, or eaten anything new all day (or for a few days beforehand, for that matter). i called his doctor to see if giving him benedryl was enough or if they wanted me to do anything more. they said give the benedryl a try, but if it didn't get any better or it got worse, take him to the emergency room. an hour after giving him the benedryl, i went to see if things had improved and they hadn't. they'd gotten worse. of course, right? so off we went to the emergency room. . . the diagnosis the doc there gave was "viral parotitis". . . they gave me some instructions on things i could do to help trevor feel better till it went away, things to look out for, etc., then sent us home.
after trevor was in bed (at 11:15 pm, ugh!), i went looking around online for info on viral parotitis and found out that the ONLY cause for it is the mumps! THE MUMPS?!?!?!?! he'd gotten his mmr back in june, he shouldn't be able to get this! ugh! anyways, in looking up info about it, i found that the incubation period is 2-3 weeks, but that the person who has it is only contagious for up to week before they develop symptoms till the swelling disappears (usually about 10 days after it first appears, apparently). great. now i'm stuck in the house for then next week and a half. b/c of the incubation period, he HAD to have picked it up in maryland over christmas, and the most likely place there would have been the nursery in my mom's ward (she's in the nursery, so she passed along the message that other parents should watch out). . . the worst part though, is that this past week trevor had been around at least 30 babies who have NOT been immunized yet! i'm so nervous that they'll get this now too. . . i've done my best to let everyone we've been around in the last week know so that they can at least be on the lookout, but i feel so bad! i know there's nothing i could have done b/c i had no idea till last night, but still. . .
there is a bright side though. trevor seems to be acting like his normal, happy self. the only real symptoms he's showing are a near complete loss of appetite and swollen cheeks. hopefully this is as bad as it gets. . . we've got another 9 days to go before this will be gone, so i'm keeping my fingers crossed.
in happier news though, the other big event this weekend was trevor's move to his big boy bed! a neighbor came over this afternoon to help me move furniture around and get everything set up. . . trevor LOVES his new bed and is SO excited about it. i was happily surprised to find that at bedtime, he just laid down and went to sleep like he would have done in his crib! i NEVER expected that! i was thinking i'd have to keep going in and putting him back in bed till he finally gave up and fell asleep, but thankfully, i haven't had to! :) yay! anyways, here are pictures of him and his new bed--
now that he's settled in w/ the new bed, it's time to get cracking on nudger's room! :) i decided to do a kinda nature/animal theme in there, so i've been working on getting things for it. i've got a few posters w/ animals on them, but i need to get frames for them. . . then i also got a dish i'm gonna put some rocks and candles in (the candles are mostly for the look; they'll never actually get lit, most likely), plus wooden letters to spell out his name on the wall. i also managed to find an area rug that didn't cost too much and looks pretty nice. as luck would have it though, it's the EXACT same color as the carpet in the living room and trevor's bedroom. go figure! oh well, i'm just happy i found one that didn't cost an arm and a leg! :) anyways, now that trevor's down for the night, i'm gonna get to work on that! :)
Im sorry this happened to him!!! I hope he is better soon!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I LOVE his big kid bed!!! Too cool!!!
That is an awesome bed he got-- Bryan really liked his bed at first too. We still likes his twin sized bed after we moved him up from the toddler bed. Where did you get the side rails?
ReplyDeletechris - we actually got the frame, mattress, and box spring at a yard sale for $50 total! the mattress and box spring were brand new, never been used! they had a 2nd set and we though about getting it, but we didn't have anywhere to store it till we'd need it. i was sad to pass that offer up, but oh well. . .
ReplyDeleteoh, you meant the side rails to keep him from rolling out. . . oops! i got them at target for about $40
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