What a Week!

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This has been a rough week for Gene.  He cut tooth #4, took his first trip to the emergency room, and got his first stomach bug.

Like I said, it's been quite the week.

Let me back up.

Our house was built in 1919.  We don't have central air or heat.  We have metal radiators to heat each room.  

Anyway, back to the story.  Gene discovered the stairs last week.  We have a baby gate on the bottom step, but Gene can still stand on the step and likes to hold onto the gate.  

On Friday I caught him on the step and got up to get him.  He lost his balance and fell backward.  In doing so, he hit his head on the radiator knob.  We were both horrified and kept an eye on him the rest of the evening.  

Around midnight he woke up fussing.  Knowing he likely had a whopper of a headache, I brought him to bed to snuggle.  A few minutes later, I was covered in vomit.  Since he had hit his head pretty hard, we became concerned.  After a call to the ER nurse, we put him in the car and headed out.

Taking an infant to the emergency room is not fun.  He had a CT scan, x-rays, and a blood draw.  At one point the nurse gave him more Tylenol for his fever, but he threw it up a few minutes later.

Fortunately he was able to keep fluids down a while later, otherwise they would have kept him to give him fluids.  

It was a long night, but we finally made it home around 3:45AM and tucked ourselves into bed.  

While at the hospital, we heard several people mention a stomach bug that has been going around and wondered if Gene had caught it.

Saturday confirmed our fears.  Gene was fussy and wanted to snuggle and nap ALL day.  Michael and I took turns snuggling with him.  Around 9:30PM, he began vomiting again.  It wasn't fun.  We felt so bad for our little man, wishing we were sick instead of him.

Sunday he did play quite a bit, but he still wanted to spend most of the day snuggling.  Now it's Monday morning and I am happy to report there has been no more vomit since Saturday night.  He woke me up at 6AM and is now happily playing on the floor.  I am hoping the worst is behind us and that he is feeling better.

Having a sick baby is not fun.  :(

{sick baby on Sunday}