Strep Throat

For the 2nd time since Ross was born, Alex has fever. I can't recall if I posted about it, but on Mother's Day Alex had fever. It turned out to be a 24 hour thing and he was fine later on that day.

Today Alex had fever and it was climbing after medicine. He threw up, refused to drink and eat, and even refused a freezy pop. So I called the dr., went in, and he has strep throat.

They gave him a shot of penicillin in his leg and said he'd be so much better within 12 hours. So it's 6 hours after the shot and 2 pukes later his temp is 99.4 and he ate a waffle and didn't throw up.

Last night, Ross was not content to sleep by himself. From 2am until 6am when Alex came in our room, Ross was on me sleeping. Every time I would put him down he'd fuss and whine or cry. Patrick and I are exhausted and I hope tonight is better but I fear it won't be. Ross slept almost the entire day and I really really hope Alex doesn't get sick tonight (i.e. puke in bed). At least we have spare sheets.

oh, and Ross's umbilical stump fell off today. Alex's stayed on forever...I think it was close to 5 weeks before it fell off.