Or maybe he doesn't like Lions?
Good news is he is feeling great now! He hasn't had a fever since Saturday and he finally slept through the night again last night, Woohoo!
~Danielle
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
What a week...
Wow, 6 doctor visits in 6 days. Ouch!
Sunday - Jacob Urgent Care
Monday - Roxy Vet
Tuesday - Jacob Pediatrician
Tuesday night/Weds Morning - Jacob ER
Thursday - Me, Prenatal test/Ultrasound
Friday - Jacob follow-up ER visit
We should be good for awhile, right? Hope so. I'll recap our last few days beginning with Jacob:
Jacob is doing so much better! He still has an occasional low (100-101) fever, but responds well to Tylenol and Motrin. He still can be a little cranky, but he is moving around a lot more now and acting much closer to normal. Still not much of an appetite though... he is skinny enough as it is, he better get that appetite back soon! His sleeping patterns are a mess, last night was TERRIBLE. Aaron and I are just exhausted from the late nights. We had our follow-up appointment with the pediatrician this morning who was very relieved to see that Jacob was feeling better. His blood culture came back positive that there is some bacterial infection (doc mentioned staph, but I don't know if that was an example or what) Jacob is fighting and the doc said that if he came into the appointment today still not feeling well that would mean he would be admitted for iv therapy. Luckily he IS doing better, so there is a chance the blood culture was contaminated. Either way, he switched Jacob from Amoxicillin to Cefprozil. I hope this new med tastes as good as the Amoxicillin did, because Jacob didn't mind that at all!
Baby Update:
So we had our NT scan yesterday and it went well. Our technician was a biotch and refused to provide ANY information, let alone scan a bit between the legs. So looks like we have to wait a few more weeks on that one! Here is an example exchange from our ultrasound:
Me: So from what I read, a measurement of 2.5 and smaller is what we hope for, right?
Tech: Uh, ya. Generally anything under 3 is good.
Me: So how are the baby's measurements so far?
Tech: Uh, 12weeks 4 days.
Me: No, the spinal measurements?
Tech: Oh, I don't know
(Doctor walks in...)
Doctor: How does it look
Tech: Great, ranging from 1.2 to 2.0
Me - banging head on wall
So besides having a completely unhelpful technician, the doctor said the measurements look good. I had bloodwork done too and they will combine that for the overall risk. The baby wasn't entirely cooperative and the tech kept hurting my stomach trying to get the baby to move. The baby moved a ton, just not in the direction she wanted. Blah.
Oh, and Julie, we did not have this done with Jacob, just the quad screen. I didn't know much about it at the time and at my last ob appt my doctor mentioned the quad screen and I asked her about the NT scan. She said she usually doesn't mention it because most patients are not interested in traveling to Grand Rapids for it (I always forget how much of a small town I live in until something like that), but that she thinks it is superior to the Quad screen as far as fewer false positives, etc. And with the added bonus of getting another peek at the baby, I was sold! Even though we don't have any risk factors, Aaron and I both prefer to be prepared for the possibilities and know as much information as we can. Lot's of people say that they prefer not to do any testing because "it wouldn't change anything", but for me, I would make lots of changes! I would learn as much as I could, I would consider delivering in Grand Rapids, I would try to find other moms dealing with the same thing, etc., etc. We have no reason to believe that the results will be anything but normal though, so let's hope that it was nothing more than a poke of my arm and a glimpse of the baby! The baby looked good though, lots of changes since our last ultrasound at 6wks! We could even see the little one open his/her mouth! We should get the official results at our next OB appointment on October 1.
I broke the news to two of the important people at work. They took it well. One of them was funny, he was trying to figure out how I was going to have a baby in March when it takes 9 months. When I told him I was three months along, he said "Did you just find out?" Like it never occurred to him that we would keep it mum for awhile. They both acted surprised, which is good since I have not been sneaky at all (drinking caff-free pop, being nauseous all day and wearing maternity pants). So I'm sure that by the time I return to work on Tuesday, the rest of the office will know. Great. Can't wait to hear the bad pregnancy and labor stories ALL OVER AGAIN. Not to mention the "you are going to have TWO kids in diapers!!!" comments.
Guess that is all for now. Hope everyone has a good weekend!
Oh, and thanks Julie for all the information, it's so nice to have a nursing expert in the family!!
Sunday - Jacob Urgent Care
Monday - Roxy Vet
Tuesday - Jacob Pediatrician
Tuesday night/Weds Morning - Jacob ER
Thursday - Me, Prenatal test/Ultrasound
Friday - Jacob follow-up ER visit
We should be good for awhile, right? Hope so. I'll recap our last few days beginning with Jacob:
Jacob is doing so much better! He still has an occasional low (100-101) fever, but responds well to Tylenol and Motrin. He still can be a little cranky, but he is moving around a lot more now and acting much closer to normal. Still not much of an appetite though... he is skinny enough as it is, he better get that appetite back soon! His sleeping patterns are a mess, last night was TERRIBLE. Aaron and I are just exhausted from the late nights. We had our follow-up appointment with the pediatrician this morning who was very relieved to see that Jacob was feeling better. His blood culture came back positive that there is some bacterial infection (doc mentioned staph, but I don't know if that was an example or what) Jacob is fighting and the doc said that if he came into the appointment today still not feeling well that would mean he would be admitted for iv therapy. Luckily he IS doing better, so there is a chance the blood culture was contaminated. Either way, he switched Jacob from Amoxicillin to Cefprozil. I hope this new med tastes as good as the Amoxicillin did, because Jacob didn't mind that at all!
Baby Update:
So we had our NT scan yesterday and it went well. Our technician was a biotch and refused to provide ANY information, let alone scan a bit between the legs. So looks like we have to wait a few more weeks on that one! Here is an example exchange from our ultrasound:
Me: So from what I read, a measurement of 2.5 and smaller is what we hope for, right?
Tech: Uh, ya. Generally anything under 3 is good.
Me: So how are the baby's measurements so far?
Tech: Uh, 12weeks 4 days.
Me: No, the spinal measurements?
Tech: Oh, I don't know
(Doctor walks in...)
Doctor: How does it look
Tech: Great, ranging from 1.2 to 2.0
Me - banging head on wall
So besides having a completely unhelpful technician, the doctor said the measurements look good. I had bloodwork done too and they will combine that for the overall risk. The baby wasn't entirely cooperative and the tech kept hurting my stomach trying to get the baby to move. The baby moved a ton, just not in the direction she wanted. Blah.
Oh, and Julie, we did not have this done with Jacob, just the quad screen. I didn't know much about it at the time and at my last ob appt my doctor mentioned the quad screen and I asked her about the NT scan. She said she usually doesn't mention it because most patients are not interested in traveling to Grand Rapids for it (I always forget how much of a small town I live in until something like that), but that she thinks it is superior to the Quad screen as far as fewer false positives, etc. And with the added bonus of getting another peek at the baby, I was sold! Even though we don't have any risk factors, Aaron and I both prefer to be prepared for the possibilities and know as much information as we can. Lot's of people say that they prefer not to do any testing because "it wouldn't change anything", but for me, I would make lots of changes! I would learn as much as I could, I would consider delivering in Grand Rapids, I would try to find other moms dealing with the same thing, etc., etc. We have no reason to believe that the results will be anything but normal though, so let's hope that it was nothing more than a poke of my arm and a glimpse of the baby! The baby looked good though, lots of changes since our last ultrasound at 6wks! We could even see the little one open his/her mouth! We should get the official results at our next OB appointment on October 1.
I broke the news to two of the important people at work. They took it well. One of them was funny, he was trying to figure out how I was going to have a baby in March when it takes 9 months. When I told him I was three months along, he said "Did you just find out?" Like it never occurred to him that we would keep it mum for awhile. They both acted surprised, which is good since I have not been sneaky at all (drinking caff-free pop, being nauseous all day and wearing maternity pants). So I'm sure that by the time I return to work on Tuesday, the rest of the office will know. Great. Can't wait to hear the bad pregnancy and labor stories ALL OVER AGAIN. Not to mention the "you are going to have TWO kids in diapers!!!" comments.
Guess that is all for now. Hope everyone has a good weekend!
Oh, and thanks Julie for all the information, it's so nice to have a nursing expert in the family!!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
“105ยบ and Still Cooking...”
Last night we took Jacob’s tem.perature around 9:30pm and got a reading of 104.4, 104.5 and 104.9 (we obviously kept checking hoping it was a thermometer error). We just use an ear thermometer, so I told Aaron to go get the digital one for a more precise tem.perature to ensure the accuracy of the reading. Meanwhile, I kept checking the thermometer on myself and getting normal readings of 98. In addition, Jacob was burning up and listless, so we figured it was probably pretty accurate. Aaron found the digital thermometer, but the battery was dead, he tried to replace it and said “screw this, get in the car”. So we rushed Jacob to the ER and got him into triage immediately. They took his tem.p the "hosptial way" and the triage nurse announced his tem.p was “105 and still cooking”. The tem.p peaked at 105.2 and they took us right to a room. The hospital was pretty prompt and attentive to us, but unfortunately we had to do lots of waiting for observation and blood tests, so it was a long night. The doctor was concerned about meningitis and suggested we do a spinal tap if Jacob shows no sign of improvement. Luckily, after four hours and some big doses of medicine, Jacob did show signs of improvement and was alert enough to indicate he was ready to leave (by repeatedly pointing to the door). His fever came down slowly, it took about 2hrs to get down to 104, then it dropped like crazy down to 99. Jacob’s white blood cells came back elevated (I think he said 72,000? - which means nothing to me... Julie, any insight?), but he said that is expected given everything. Luckily though, he was staying well hydrated and his electrolytes were normal, which meant NO iv, thank goodness. The doctor gave Jacob a shot of antibiotics to really kick start things and sent us home with a much cooler baby. If he becomes listless and inconsolable again though, we are supposed to return so that they can further explore the meningitis possibility. Thankfully, so far today, Jacob is doing great and is even back to assaulting the dog! What a terrible experience though. I feel awful enough that Jacob doesn’t feel good and then we put him through two doctors offices and then a trip to the ER. He was poked, prodded and had his tem.perature taken WAY too much. Jacob hates everything about the hospital. From the stupid hospital bracelet he couldn’t get off his foot to the little clip on his toe monitoring his pulse. It was so hard to watch him so uncomfortable, not just from his illness, but his surroundings and everything they were doing to him. We didn’t get home until 3am and I went to work at 8am this morning and I am just physically and emotionally drained. I’m just so glad its over and hopefully it is over for good and Jacob is on the upward spin of things. We have a follow up appointment with our regular pediatrician, but we are having problems scheduling since the doc wants it to be 48hrs after his visit and we are scheduled to go to GR, so we are still waiting on a call to see when they can fit us in. They should have some more bloodwork results back then - something to do with a culture that takes several hours. So, we’ll keep you posted! Pray for a speedy recovery and NO more trips to the ER!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Still sick...
Poor Jacob is STILL sick and keeps getting worse instead of better. After Aaron called me at work today to let me know he was having a hard time bringing Jacob's fever of 103.5 down, I got us into our regular pediatrician. Our regular doctor said that Jacob DOES have an ear infection and he told us that milk IS ok to drink, but anything he eats or drinks should be in small increments. Sooo, lots of conflicting advice, but I'm much more inclined to believe our pediatrician rather than the PA at the urgent care. All I know is that so far, Jacob is MUCH happier to be getting some more of his favorite milk. Sooo, hopefully the little one improves. We have our NT scan on Thursday in Grand Rapids and cannot reschedule it because it must be done within a very particular time frame, so hopefully Jacob is well enough for us to leave him by then.
We'll keep ya posted!
~Danielle
We'll keep ya posted!
~Danielle
Sunday, September 16, 2007
My sick little boy :(
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.
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 9, 2007
Videos!!!
Here are some videos that I have been meaning to post....
Here is one of Aaron wakeboarding on Gun Lake... not bad for his second time trying it!!
Jacob Dancing! (Please excuse the toys everywhere!)
Here is one of Aaron wakeboarding on Gun Lake... not bad for his second time trying it!!
Here is Jacob playing in the waves in Grand Traverse Bay...
Jacob Dancing! (Please excuse the toys everywhere!)
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
September already?
I know summer doesn't officially end until the 21st, but Labor Day always feels like the unofficial end to the summer. It was a great, fun summer though and I am eager to get this pregnancy going, so I don't mind so much that the time is passing by.
Last Friday we had another OB appointment and things are looking good. We rented a doppler and were able to hear the heartbeat for the first time a couple days before our doctor appointment (we saw it during our ultrasound at 6 weeks, but this was the first time we heard it). But, it was still nice to hear it at the doctors office also (she always finds it faster and has better equipment!). Heartbeat is going strong at around 155. My blood pressure was a little elevated (140/80) - which means nothing to me, but the doc didn't seem concerned. The cutest part of the whole appointment though was how concerned Jacob was... he did NOT like the doctor/nurse examining me. He was very untrusting and had to sit on my lap while she took my blood pressure (hmmm, maybe the reason for the elevated #'s?!?!) and then he had to stand up by my head touching me while the doctor felt my tummy and ran the doppler across for the heartbeat. I've never seen him so concerned... especially about me, so it was kinda funny. And touching. We scheduled a nuchal translucency prenatal screening test for September 20th. I'm slightly concerned about insurance covering it, but I called them today and they said they would cover it 100%, minus deductible. But, I don't trust insurance companies, so I'm still worried that something else will come up. But we are both looking forward to the opportunity to get another peek at the little bean.
Jacob is doing great. He is as funny as ever. Still loves to pretend to drive the car. He also has recently become fascinated with the 'waterfall' at the weir. He will RUN all the way down there (1/4 mile - with those tiny little legs) and then want to stay and point at it FOREVER!!! He also has become fascinated with the raceways, not because of the fish, but because of the rushing water. Jake also has been picking up some new sports. Aaron has been sitting him on his skateboard and pushing him down the sidewalk - and believe it or not, the kid just sits still with a big smile on his face! Aaron picked up a little hockey kit with a perfect Jacob-sized stick! Jake actually knows how to hit the ball, but he also likes to use the stick for chopping at Roxy... poor girl.
Guess that is about all for now. We are going to the beach, not sure how many more weekends we will be able to do that, so we better take advantage. The rest of the family is downstate at the MSU game as Bruce's brother Dean is being inducted into the MSU Hall of Fame... Aaron couldn't get off call (he picked up on-call this weekend for his coworker who is in the national guard), so we couldn't go...
~Danielle
Last Friday we had another OB appointment and things are looking good. We rented a doppler and were able to hear the heartbeat for the first time a couple days before our doctor appointment (we saw it during our ultrasound at 6 weeks, but this was the first time we heard it). But, it was still nice to hear it at the doctors office also (she always finds it faster and has better equipment!). Heartbeat is going strong at around 155. My blood pressure was a little elevated (140/80) - which means nothing to me, but the doc didn't seem concerned. The cutest part of the whole appointment though was how concerned Jacob was... he did NOT like the doctor/nurse examining me. He was very untrusting and had to sit on my lap while she took my blood pressure (hmmm, maybe the reason for the elevated #'s?!?!) and then he had to stand up by my head touching me while the doctor felt my tummy and ran the doppler across for the heartbeat. I've never seen him so concerned... especially about me, so it was kinda funny. And touching. We scheduled a nuchal translucency prenatal screening test for September 20th. I'm slightly concerned about insurance covering it, but I called them today and they said they would cover it 100%, minus deductible. But, I don't trust insurance companies, so I'm still worried that something else will come up. But we are both looking forward to the opportunity to get another peek at the little bean.
Jacob is doing great. He is as funny as ever. Still loves to pretend to drive the car. He also has recently become fascinated with the 'waterfall' at the weir. He will RUN all the way down there (1/4 mile - with those tiny little legs) and then want to stay and point at it FOREVER!!! He also has become fascinated with the raceways, not because of the fish, but because of the rushing water. Jake also has been picking up some new sports. Aaron has been sitting him on his skateboard and pushing him down the sidewalk - and believe it or not, the kid just sits still with a big smile on his face! Aaron picked up a little hockey kit with a perfect Jacob-sized stick! Jake actually knows how to hit the ball, but he also likes to use the stick for chopping at Roxy... poor girl.
Guess that is about all for now. We are going to the beach, not sure how many more weekends we will be able to do that, so we better take advantage. The rest of the family is downstate at the MSU game as Bruce's brother Dean is being inducted into the MSU Hall of Fame... Aaron couldn't get off call (he picked up on-call this weekend for his coworker who is in the national guard), so we couldn't go...
~Danielle
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