Completely Drained

The past 4 days have been 4 of the most physically and emotionally draining days of my life.

Wednesday night around midnight Kallen woke up with a 103 fever. Shawn and I took shifts holding him (it was the only way he would calm down) and trying to keep him comfortable.

I called our pediatrician first thing on Thursday morning and they worked us right in with their "floating doctor" (our regular doctor was booked). She took one look at his ears and confirmed what I was already suspecting.....Double Ear Infection. She quickly subscribed some antibiotics (something I normally fight- but with a crazy weekend ahead I was ready for the "quick fix") and sent us on our way. After an entire night and day of Kallen crying constantly I called our chiropractor who worked us in around 3:30pm. She applied some kinesio tape (which usually works wonders on Kallen's ears!) and did her best to adjust Kallen. (At this point he was screaming and kicking and it was hard for us to hold him down) We made another appointment for the next morning and headed home. Thursday night he actually slept pretty well, but still had a fever of 101.

Friday morning he woke up and seemed to be doing better! I played the piano for a wedding this weekend and had a friend lined up to watch Kallen for me during rehearsal on Friday at 3pm. I kept a close eye on him all day and was feeling pretty good about taking him to my friends house. (he was running around, didn't seem to have a fever, and had the energy to get into trouble so he must be fine!) Shawn picked him up and I got home around 5:00. As soon as I walked in the door- I knew he was Not fine. :( His fever had gone back up to 103 and Friday night was a pretty rough night. Again Shawn and I took shifts with Kallen, but I don't think either one of us really got much sleep.
Saturday was probably the worst day. Kallen just sat around the house, clinging to whoever would hold him (mostly me), and constantly crying "owie". It seemed like there was nothing we could do to ease his discomfort and he still had a fever of 102. I called our pediatrician just to make sure things were ok- and they said to give the antibiotics a good 3 days to kick in. Shawn was gone all day on Saturday, and I played for the wedding at 3. My sister and b.i.l. were sweet enough to come hang out with our boys for us and I'm sure they got more than they bargained for. Kallen just looked so miserable and it broke my heart to see him in such a bad state.

Saturday night he slept very well (which was great considering naps have been non-existent) and this morning he woke up without a fever! I got excited at first, but it didn't take long after getting him out of bed to realize that he was far from feeling good. I was on to play the piano for church this week so poor Shawn had to stay home with the boys while I got out of the house for a while. By the time I got home, Kallen's fever had returned -100 this time- and he was back to sitting around and crying. After shoving some tylenol down his throat, he did perk up enough to play with some toys this afternoon, but by 5 he was back to laying on the couch whining to be held.
I am actually leaving out quite a few symptoms and details for the sake of this post getting too long, but lets just say the past 4 days have not been pretty....at all.
Please pray for our little boy!
Pray that he will wake up in the morning and his fever will be gone! Or if it's not pray that we will have wisdom in knowing where to go from here. We are ready to have our happy little Kallen back and it is breaking my heart to see him this miserable for this long. (Dare I say, that I even kind of miss his little messes all over the house!?) And please pray that I will have the patience to keep nurturing my sick, needy child! (I totally was not cut out to have a collicky baby- God knew I could not handle constant crying!)