It all started on Friday when I was driving to work feeling confident about being 12wks along and excited that the morning (all day) sickness was beginning to end. Then I arrived at moms. As I opened the backseat door, Jacob began throwing up, for no apparent reason. I rescued him from his carseat and whisked him inside. I tried to hurry off to work, but as soon as I opened the car door, I realized that it was way too soon for me to combat cleaning that up and I promptly threw up myself. Luckily, mom took care of both Jacob and myself and cleaned up my car for me. So the rest of the day seemed to have gone well and we shook it off as a fluke.
Until Saturday.
Jacob woke up just a little off and had 3 bad diapers in a short amount of time. His attitude seemed ok for the most part though, so we considered heading to Kim and Peggys as planned, but the more we debated the idea, the more I felt it would be better to just stay home. The kicker for me was that I just didn't feel like being around drinking... but maybe it was mothers intuition? Probably not, but it sounds good! So then things just got progressively worse. By dinner time, Jacob stopped eating, spiked a temp and became very clingy. He whined off and on throughout the night in his crib until 4:30 when he threw up again EVERYWHERE. Today has been much more of the same... high temps (103 and lower), not eating and throwing up. We took him to the urgent care, even though we figured it was probably just a bug, but what can you do? The kid can't verbalize what he is going through and we have insurance, so no harm, I guess. I'm glad we did go though, because although the doctor confirmed it was just a virus, he advised us not to give him any more milk... we definitely wouldn't have figured that one. And it was also nice to hear that his ears and throat are healthy. Jacob has been sick before, but this is definitely much different. For one, normally he is still pretty active when he is sick, but just crabby. This time he is very clingy. He only wants to be held and drifts in and out of sleep. Also, normally he has "ninja-like" skills when he is sick and can block any attempts we make to give him medicine. This time? He hardly has the energy to open his eyes. He is just the saddest sight to see. While my heart is just breaking for him, I must admit, I am loving that I now have a lap baby who I can cuddle all day. Well, Aaron has had him all of 30 minutes now and needs a break (he much prefers the active baby), so I better get.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
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2 comments:
Awwwww poor Jacob I hope he is starting to feel better. Im sorry you had to go through the throw up and being pregnant I can feel your pain.
Grandma says Jacob was doing a bit better today! Poor guy! We can relate. I hope he's back to himself in no time!
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