Wednesday, October 21, 2009

had to be admitted

david, that is. yep, my little man did a 3 day stint at the hospital. it started on saturday afternoon. he had been on his meds for the staph infection for 3 days. before we put him down for his afternoon nap, i noticed a rash developing on his belly. not sure what it was, i let him take his nap. when he woke up, it was still there. i gave him a bath to get a better look. it was starting to spread to his back arms and legs. crap. so off he and hubby went to the hospital. about 45 mins later, i got the call that he was going to be admitted. after i scraped myself off of the floor, i called my parents to come watch emily.
when i got to the ER, they were just about to move him to his room. oh, and he was on morphine because they CUT OPEN the cysts and sent cultures to the lab! O.M.G!! he was fine, he gave me a goofy morphine induced smile. we went up to his room, he was waving to everyone that walked by...he was loving the attention! we almost had him asleep twice, but one thing or another would wake him up, and he'd get a burst of energy. that night we didn't get him to sleep until after 11:30!! this is a kid that's in bed by 7:oo on a nightly basis! we were exhausted! my awesome hubby stayed on the pull out couch with david. i went home to emily. didn't go to bed until also 2am.

i'll spare you the rest of the boring details, like how he pulled out his IV and needed a new one...ugh! the test results revealed it was definitely a case of MRSA-which is what his dr thought-but the meds he was on weren't working. we never knew where the rash came from. probably a reaction to the first set of meds, its almost gone now though. so he's home with a new med--i'm trying to come up with creative ways to give it to him. it smells like pissy toilet water, i'm not even kidding! i think i'll try it in some strawberry milk today, apple juice didn't work! he still may have to have the rest of it cut out. to avoid that we'll be doing warm compresses and baths frequently to try and get it out on our own.

i have to say, for being confined to his room he really was a good boy! at times you could tell that cabin fever was setting in-for all of us-but he hung in there! we got him home yesterday afternoon, and he napped for 3 hours in his own crib!!
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and here is emily. happy as a clam that david wasn't around!!
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11 comments:

  1. Oh, that had to be so scary. Poor little thing. Praying that he will be back to 100% very soon.

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  2. How terrible! But let me tell you a little "mommy secret" that a friend of mine, told me. When they have to take liquid medicine that tastes disgusting!! Give them a spoonful of hershey's syrup first then immediately give them the medicine. The hershey's syrup coats the mouth and covers up the taste buds where they can't taste the medicine. This advice came from a nurse.....Good luck!

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  3. Oh my goodness! That must have been so scary...I almost fell on the floor with you when you described getting the call that he was being admitted. I would have freaked! I'm so glad that it looks like he's on the road to recovery and will certainly keep him in my thoughts for a speedy recovery!

    That's a great tip about the Hershey's syrup! I'll definitely have to use that one!

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  4. HOw scary for you! I am so glad he was such a trooper for you and that everything is going well now. He has the sweetest smile!

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  5. Oh no! I would be so scared. What a good boy for being such a trooper. I hope that everything is getting better every minute!

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  6. Hard having a little one in the hospital. Mine have had to be before for asthma & collapsed lung. Can be scary. Glad he was happy for you though, makes it a bit easier.

    Stopped by because of your contest over at Frugal Mom, your pumpkin is SO COOL!

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  7. What a little trooper! That MRSA is nasty stuff so I'm glad they're taking good care of it.

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  8. Poor little guy! I'm glad to hear he did such a good job. I can't imagine - its great to hear everyone is home safe and sound. Good luck with the warm compresses and everything!

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  9. Sorry to hear you are all going through this right now. Thanks goodness you took him when you did and hopefully he's on his way to a speedy recovery!

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  10. He has the cutest smile. Hope, he gets better soon. Take care,

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  11. He is so adorable! Look at that smile :)

    I am so glad you guys took him in! MRSA is just a scary thing, I am so sorry y'all had to go through all of that.

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