Day#25

Grant is fine, don't be alarmed. It's been a jam-packed week and I missed posting yesterday. This pic was actually taken at the start of the week, Monday, and I will say Grant is tons better now.

He was sick all last weekend with a sore throat and very high fever, over 104. I took him to the pediatrician Monday morning and he couldn't even walk in on his own. He had not eaten anything but three spoons of pudding in three days and was drinking almost nothing because he could barely swallow. The strep and flu rapid tests in her office came back negative so she was puzzled what was making him so sick. He had a minor ear infection, but not even a red or swollen throat. She was concerned since he was so visibly sick, she sent us straight to Children's Hospital-STL.

Once we got to Children's ER and was seen, Grant had his first ever blood draw and IV. This is the kid that totally freaked with a screaming crying cowering fit at getting a shot in the arm at age 10. [Ah, memories! See July 29, 2010 post titled Tetris.]

I was not sure how it would go but let's say Grant has definitely matured considerably in four years and he did great even if he did hate it. Gary was there by that time so that helped us both. Gary was telling Grant his past IV stories. I was trying to put emphasis on the humor of those and less on the horror, but they did involve both as most hospital experiences do. Side note: A Swamp People marathon was on the tv the whole time we were there. That lightened the mood considerably.

The blood tests ruled out any other significant things going on and the test for mono was negative, but he did test positive for Influenza A with the hospital's test. So after two bags of IV fluids, a diagnosis, and a script for the ear infection and Tamiflu (to hopefully shorten the duration even though he was he four days into it), we were sent home for the night, yay. We also got a Tamiflu script for Jack as a preventative. Grant stayed home two more days from school, but by Thursday he was back to eating like Grant and crabbing at Caroline so I knew he was then doing ok.