ER

Well, this season is still battling with Caleb's immune system.  Yesterday Caleb was feverish all day, even though he was on tylenol and motrin all day.  He hung in there through daycare and still enjoyed playing with his friends, but after we picked him up he just seemed to crash.  He cried and moaned and wanted to just be held (which is VERY uncharacteristic of him).  

So right after supper we headed to urgent care.  After finding out that his temp was 104.3 even with tylenol still in his system, they transferred us to emergency room so that they could begin running tests.  His heart rate was also quite high, but oxygen levels were good.  Many people poked and prodded, all the while Caleb continued to cry and cling to me.  He received more ibuprofin and had to have blood taken from his arm.  That was pretty awful.  

Twenty minutes after receiving ibuprofin his temp had only gone down to 104.0.  We went to radiology and he had three chest/abdomen x-rays.  After all that was over it was about 8:30pm.

We hung out in ER waiting for results and Caleb started perking up a bit.  He ate some cheerios and drank some juice and even smiled a few times when Daddy tickled him!  His temp was down to 99.8.  He was finally more comfortable and content, and needless to say, so were Joel and I.  All the tests and x-rays came back normal, so they concluded that this is just another virus that hit his little body hard, especially since his immune system is still working to fight off everything else he's had in the past three weeks.  The good news:  his ears looked fine!  Praise the Lord!  Tomorrow will be his last day on an antibiotic for his ear infection, so we're praying hard that his body will regain its strength and be healthy once again.  If you are willing, please lift Caleb up in your prayers in the next week.