stuck at home.........

ok - so for the last two days I have been stuck at home with a sick baby........ok - not necessarily a baby - but it seems like that when they are sick......poor Jake - he must have caught something from school......

he woke up Tuesday morning - I could tell his allergies were bothering him - so I gave him some Motrin, along with his Zyrtec and sent him to school......of course, when he feels "punk" - he tends to act like one and he got in trouble at school for hitting......again, and again - until she finally put him in time out during recess.........

we went to Nana's house after school so I could run to the grocery store - he seem fine. Got him home - gave him some more meds and I went to a viewing .....sidebar - please pray for my friend Doris Snead and her family....her adopted son, Wade, who was only 21, died this past week.....very young and such a tragic loss.....please keep them in your prayers.......ok - back to Jake - while I was gone to the viewing - Carla took him to dinner with some friends of hers.....when i got home - she told me that she didn't think he was feeling all that great because he had been very loving and just hanging on her during the course of the evening (just like his momma - only wants attention when he doesn't feel good LOL).......she hung around for a few minutes - but by the time she left and I put his pj's on - he was BURNING up with fever.....so, back to the medicine cabinet......of course, he doesn't necessarily want to take his meds - but the problem is that Jake has febrile seizures - which basically means - he has a tendency to get fever at a rapid pace - if not caught in time - he will seize.....it has happened to me too many times in the past - I'm like a freak a zoid (ok - not a word - I know) when he has fever - I'm constantly touching him and monitoring his fever because I do NOT like the seizures.......so, I got the meds down him and he feel asleep in my lap............

the next day - Wednesday - i kept him home from school because when he is sick like this - I don't trust the teachers to watch him every 4 hours like you have to to make sure he is not feverish....which of course, all day Wednesday - I had to alternate his meds every 4 hours because I could not break his fever (I know that some of you may not agree with that - but if you've never dealt with a seizure before - then you can't knock it........)......I thought by Wednesday night he was good - I kept him home from church and made sure he was feeling good - he ate dinner and everything - however, this morning - at 5:00 AM - he came into our room and was burning up again.....................so, off we go..........

he has done much better today - has played like normal - I haven't had to give him the meds every four hours and I put him to bed tonight without anything......hopefully - he will wake up in the middle of the night if he has fever and I can give him something.....if no fever - then he will be able to go to school tomorrow........which is great as he is starting to get cabin fever......I was too - however, tonight was choir practice and I was able to get out for a short time.

Jake is apt to catch everything because his little immune system is not quite what it should be yet......going to school is really going to keep me on my toes.....he will probably catch everything that comes into the school. when I called his teacher - she told me that there is something going around - Jake was the 6th child to be out in her class.

On another note - he has another tooth that is loose......we are going to the dentist next week just to make sure this is normal for a preemie.......the teeth that are coming out are not necessarily the ones they are suppose to lose first - the two front.....so, I'm interested to see what is going on. they tell you when you have a micro preemie -that they have really bad teeth issues because they are on so much medication at birth to keep them alive that their teeth tend to rot - so far -we have had pretty good luck - he has had two caps put on and one filling - but his teeth are soooooo tiny - that I'm not sure it's a good thing that they are falling out already......but, it's like his dentist said - "his body thinks he is 6 years old - even though his mind and body doesn't" i.e. we get use to dealing with is developmental delays - but his body is 6 years old........

whatever it is - we will handle..........God is good.......Jake is healthy - all the other is just stuff.

hope you have a blessed week.

Love to all
k