So I have lots of pictures to post from the last couple of weeks but wanted to post and let everyone know that Wyatt is good and back to normal. Here is what happened: He woke up a couple of weeks ago (Sun. 4/3) with a fever and it came and went for 2 days but no other symptoms so he got a few doses of Tylenol and ibuprofen and he was good to go. Well, that next Saturday (4/9) he woke up with a fever of 102.9 and as the morning went on, the left side of his neck starting looking like it was swollen. So we went to the dr. and they thought he had either a bacteria or viral infection in his lymph nodes or paratid gland (which is right next to the lymph nodes) so he was given an rx for meds and we were told to come back if it turns red (like a sunburn) and is hot. Well, wouldn't you know it, we woke up Sunday morning and it was red and hot and even more swollen so off to the dr. we went. Once we got there, the dr. took one look at him and said it's not good and we can't afford for it to get any worse so he wants Wyatt to be admitted to the hospital to start antibiotics as soon as possible. So off to the hospital we went....(and me still trying to not freak out too bad in the meantime) We get there and get him hooked up to the iv for antibiotics and fluids (since he hadn't eat or drank hardly anything the last 2 days) They drew blood while they were putting the iv in so they could run tests and said they would have results back in 24 hours. So nothing to do but wait....since now what they are concerned with is if the bacteria had reached his blood which would not be a good thing. I was able to run home and gather some things like his pillow pet, his stuffed puppy and his blanket. On Monday, we woke up looking a little better....still not eating too much and battling a fever off and on but hanging in there. The blood results came back negative which meant it hadn't reached his blood but they watch it for 3 days (if it turned positive, they said they would be notified IMMEDIATELY) so on Tuesday he was looking way better and eating a little more and he hadn't had a fever since the afternoon before which was great since they would not even consider letting him go home until he has gone 24 hours without a fever. Tuesday afternoon his iv came out so they opted to start him on oral Clindamycin which is a real challenge with little ones since it's pretty foul stuff. Well, he did extremly well taking it so now it was a matter of him getting a couple of doses in him before we can go home. He is feeling well enough now he can go into the little playroom and Porter has come to visit a few times as well. We were even able to take him up to the cafe with us for a little dinner too. so by late Tuesday night, they were pretty sure we were going to get to go home on Wednesday (which could not come soon enough for me....was about to go crazy!) and so it was explained by the dr what they thought went on: the earlier fever indicated something was going on maybe something like staph or strep in his throat..they think the throat because I guess when your body is battling an infection like that in your mouth or throat, the lymph nodes contain specialized cells that fight off germs are the first to jump in and help the fight. Well, with them helping out the fight, the bacteria jumped on in and infected them and when they get infected, it causes them to swell and its called Lymphadenopathy. and the redness on the neck was the infection affecting the tissue around the lymph nodes. so anyway, Wednesday morning he was feeling really good and back to his normal little onry self. The dr. gave him the ok to go home so we were out of there by around 11am. Woo Hoo!!!!! It was a pretty scary experience just not knowing what was going on and what caused it really. We just finished up his meds and other than 1 little area that is still a little hard to touch, he doing spectacular. Saw the dr again yesterday and she said he looks great too. The only thing to worry about at this point is according to the dr, in cases like this, there ia a 1 in 10 chance that this could come back on the other side within a month. We hope that is not going to happen. Thank you to Sheri for taking such good care of Porter...who by the way had his 1st sleepover with Nana and Papa and did just fine! He had a great time. Thank you to my wonderful family for being there for meand being my support. Thank you to Amy for coming to visit us and bringing me a latte (you are the woman!!) thank you to Frances for coming to visit and bringing along Jeffrey the giraffe for Wyatt.
Will post pics in a bit
Daddy and his boys
Porter and Wyatt
Wyatt not looking too happy
