Joel's birthday is not off to a great start.
Wednesday night, just before bed, Eric started complaining of a sore ear. I
gave him some pain meds and put him to bed, but when he woke about 12:30am, he
was burning up. Since he's immune compromised, fevers can be serious business,
so I called the Oncologist on call, and, as I expected, he told me we had to
come into the hospital. I threw a few things together, woke up
Grandma to let her know we were leaving, and we arrived at the hospital before
2am. We were shown into a room immediately and saw the Doc quite quickly as
well. No surprise that Eric has an ear infection. Unfortunately, between the
poking and prodding and chest x-ray, Eric didn’t get too much sleep. I spent
the night in a waiting room type chair beside his bed, so I didn’t get a single
wink! They started IV antibiotics in the ER, and we were officially admitted
upstairs about 6:20am for more poking and prodding. Eventually Eric got a
little more sleep, and I called Joel to wish him happy birthday. His dad is out
of town, so Grandma, Granny, Joel, Eric and I were planning on celebrating at
White Spot tonight. Grandma and Granny are still planning to take Joel out and
now he gets to bring a friend as well.
As I ran out of the house in the middle of
the night taking the only remaining vehicle, I realized I was leaving Grandma
stranded. Thank you, Kristy, for driving her to the hospital this morning to
pick up my car!
Eric is resting comfortably now. We both slept
through Frozen 2 this afternoon, and then Eric watched it, and then he had
another nap. He hasn’t had a fever since about 5am. Fingers crossed that continues
since we aren’t allowed to go home until his blood cultures have been clear for
48 hours and he’s fever free for 48 hours. We’re hoping to get home Saturday
before Joel’s birthday party with his friends. What was I thinking letting him
invite SEVEN boys over?!?!
We were only home from the hospital for two days; I feel like I've got whiplash being back here again so soon. Pic of Eric resting comfortably.
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