but I am updating you all about our weekend. Jacques has been sick since last week and on Thursday night Ryan ran a fever of 101.4 so I called the doctor and they said to give him tylenol. It came down quickly. So on Friday they had their eight week check up at 1:30. Ryan is 22" long and weighs 10 lbs 1 oz. Zachary is 21" and weighs 9 lbs 3 oz. Both boys were given okays on growth and development. And because Ryan had a fever within 48 hours, they couldn't get their shots. Wonderful! Or so I thought...
Well because Ryan had run a fever, they wanted to give him a chest X Ray, draw blood and get a urine sample. So first they put a urine bag in him. Then it was up to the lab for blood work. The nurse put the needle in the left arm. Ummmmmmm no vein, so she starts moving it all around hoping to hit one. She found one, then DAMN the needle fell out. So now on to the right arm. Finally she found a vein, but it took several minutes to withdrawal all the blood in a series of different tubes. Did I mention I was the one holding him down? Then over to X Ray where the machine they use is from 1812. I had to hold his arms up in the air while they enclose him in a plexi glass cylinder then strap his head in with a leather band. At this point, it looks like we are making another Hannibal film. It took about 10 minutes, Ryan cried the whole time.
It is now 4:30 and we are headed back to the check up room. The doctor says "make yourself at home." That can't be good. With Zach asleep, I tell Jacques to go back to work. He takes Jason to help out. So I wait. And wait and wait. Finally the doctor comes in and says "I am so glad you came in today." She also brought in a nurse to check his oxygen levels and the urine bag, which is still on him and empty. Then she explains that his chest rays didn't look so good.. He has pnemonia. So they decide to send him to the hospital for observation and possibly a 2-3 day admittance. It is now 5:30, she wants us to go straight there. I drop of Zachary to Jacques and head over there.
At the hospital, they get me in right away knowing I was at the doctors office all day already. They get us into a room strip him down and give him a go over. Then another RN comes in and is carrying a bunch of fun stuff... time for an IV. Great another needle. I have to say, the RN did a wonderful job. So after the IV is in, Ryan falls asleep and sleeps the rest of the time we are there. He is wore out. The doctor comes in with blood test results and the white cells are off. So we wait and later they have gotten back up to a good number. Then at around 10:30 they decide that the chest x ray and lab work reveals that he has a viral pnemonia, which does not require antibiotics. I just have to treat the symptoms, which right now are none. And because he is doing well, we get to go home. It is now 11:00 pm. Ryan continued to sleep all the way home. And then all night long.
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