See this sweet face? Well he had the flu last week. I felt helpless. There were several days when Andrew and I would just hold him and that is all he wanted. They are not joking when they say it hits these little ones really hard. He could only play about 20 minutes and then he would want to take a break and cuddle. He would crawl over to wherever you were sitting, put his hands up to be picked up and curl into a little ball with his head on your chest. There was no patting, rocking or bottles... he would just fall right asleep! We knew he did not feel well after he did that several times. He is an active little guy, and that is just not normal! BUT, We took full advantage of the snuggle time!
So last Thursday I noticed that Wyatt was not himself. I left work early and took him to the doctor and found out that he had a double ear infection. We started him on antibiotics that night. Friday he was fine, no fever, just fussy because his ears hurt. Last Saturday morning he woke up with a fever. By lunch time he was throwing up. I was pretty worried since he did not do this before and we had just been to the doctor. He got worse on Sunday, so Monday morning we were right back in the doctor's office and still running 102. The test came back positive and they put him on tami-flu. The next two days were not too bad. Still high fever and lots of cuddling. But on the 3rd day, the effects of the medicine he was taking started to take toll. His poor little bottom was covered in a rash and he would cry every time he was changed. It breaks your heart to see your little one hurting. I am so glad it is over!
He is a whole new baby today! Smiling, eating, laughing, and playing for hours! A Big thanks to my mother in law who watched him Thursday and Friday during the day so that Andrew and I could get back to work. I am so glad it is GONE from his little body!
So far, Andrew and I feel fine. Say a little prayer that stinking flu bug does not creep up on us!
