Sickie...

Tuesday afternoon, I got the call that Alexander had a fever of 101.5 and had to be picked up. This was the description I was given "He was clammy & cold and had no energy". But since it's the school rule to be picked up with a fever, we had to go get him.

He was napping so thankfully they let him finish his nap before we had to get him. Dan picked him and hung out with him that afternoon at home. I called the doctor and they didn't have an opening slot until 5:20pm and it didn't make sense to wait 2 1/2 hours or go home and come back, so I made an appointment for Wednesday morning. Might as well get the little guy checked out...

Alexander was in good spirits that afternoon but you could tell the little guy was sick. Snot, little appetite, sneezing, coughing. He went down to bed immediately - in fact he's been asking to go into his crib the past 3 nights. He's been waking up extremely early which is when the coughing fits kick in and since he had a fever the day before, he couldn't go to school on Wednesday. It was going to be a Daddy & Alexander day.

We brought him to the doctor on Wednesday to get looked at. Dr. M was out of the office so the doctor, Dr. D, who has begun sharing his practice checked Alexander. She was very nice, pleasant & helpful. At first Alexander seemed hesitant and he didn't want to go into the room but once she pulled out the bubbles he calmed right down.

After checking his ears & listening to his breathing/chest, she said he had your typical winter cold. His lungs were fine, with no fluids. He did not have pneumonia. His ears were a little red on the inside, but nothing significant. She gave us some drops to help with his ears, although he hasn't shown any indication of irritation with his ears. She also gave us a prescription for antibiotics, however we don't have to fill that unless he gets worse. She'd much rather wait & see if it runs it course and not just medicate him for the sake of medicating. Again, she was quite pleasant.

While there, we tried to get Alexander to stand on the scale even with the bubbles but he didn't seem interested. The quick moment on there was about 25.4, so he's still a wee thing, if that is in fact even close. Of course the whole day, Alexander had no fever but really didn't want to nap until late in the afternoon.

He went to school on Thursday, with no fever and Ms Debbie said he had a good day. He also ate more of his lunch than he has all week, so that's a good sign...