I am having a HORRIBLE day and I would really like to vent about it. WARNING: Contains a decent dose of sarcasm
Last night, I was having a dream - I would like to think that it was a wonderful dream about butterflies and rainbows, but I really can't remember - And suddenly that dream was interrupted at 3:30am when Oliver (Who had at some point snuck into bed with us) threw up. Of course it was everywhere. Hubby cleaned up the mess and switched the sheets while I gave Oliver a quick bath. Did I mention that this was at 3:30am?
After the sheets were switched and the kid was clean, we put our pillows at the foot of the bed and slept "upside down" (With our feet at the head of the bed and our heads at the foot of the bed). I FINALLY fell back asleep at 4:15am. 4:30am rolls around and we are awoken by more throw up. Luckily it was slightly contained this time and a bath wasn't needed.
I moved to Oliver's bed and slept in his room with him. Hubby moved to the couch. Did I mention that Oliver's mattress is a hard rock and I prefer sleeping on soft clouds? I tossed and turned the rest of the night... Until...
At 7:30am I woke up to his diaper leaking diarrhea all over the bed. ... Joy...
After more sheet stripping and one shared shower, we were up for the day.
I have no idea where Oliver got sick. We haven't been around any sick people lately and we haven't really gone to public places like stores or parks for about a week. Anyways, in the morning it was just the throw up and the diarrhea. No fever to begin with. Still I had to miss work today and will have to miss it again tomorrow because I don't want the kids I watch to get sick.
Oliver spent the morning laying on the couch going in between sleeping and watching cartoons.
I hop on the laptop and guess what? It doesn't work! It just, very suspiciously, froze on the start up screen with a weird message about a fatal error that occurred during an update. I called HP support... But guess what? They won't help you unless you pay them. It's bill time, so we don't have any extra money to spend on tech support. I called Geek Squad, and they were a LIFE SAVER!!! They helped me out, for free, and my computer once again works! :)
Shortly after that, Oliver started to develop a fever. He has febrile seizures and his trigger is pretty low at 101.5, so as soon as he starts to get warm we start to medicate.
Right after I gave him his second dose of IB Profin he had a seizure. Several doctors have told us that we no longer need to bring him to the ER after a febrile seizure, so we let him continue to sleep on the couch in his diaper with a fan blowing on him.
3 hours later, way too soon to give him another dose of medicine, he had another seizure.
It's so hard seeing your little one go through that!
Today SUCKS!
That sounds horrible! I do hope you all get some sleep tonight and have a much better day tomorrow. Good luck!
Your son's seizures must be really tough on you as well. I said a prayer he feels better soon. You're right...nothing is worse than seeing your child suffer.
Tomorrow is 12 year anniversary since my son passed away. Anticipation of the day is probably just as bad as the actual day. It seems like a life time ago since I held him but a moment ago since I lost him.
The first thing I thought when you said he threw up was "I wonder if he has a fever". And the second thing I thought when you said he got one was "I'm so glad she didn't go to work because Oliver has febrile seizures" and then I got to the part where he had one. And gosh, he had two.
I'm so sorry. I don't remember if you decided to get the medicine to stop a seizure or not. Anyway, I'm sending you hugs and hopes that he gets better soon from this tummy bug and doesn't have anymore seizures!!
(Thank goodness for the Geek Squad!)
Dawn
Hopefully this will make you feel like you are not alone:
My son has been vomiting for 3 days. I take him to the doctor. As soon as we walk in the doors, he starts retching. This smart mom has a plastic bag, so he barfs right there in the doorway, partially missing the bag and gets vomit all over me. Diagnosis- norovirus. He's too weak to even walk back out to the car so I carry his 50 lbs all the way (uphill) to the car. I pull something in my butt in the process.
FF to the evening- I take my daughter to get the antinausea meds for son at the drug store. I am heading to the front to leave, turn the corner of an aisle, and my daughter projectile vomits all over me, the cart, the floor, and everything in the cart. I had nothing to catch the vomit so I took off her coat and she finished throwing up in that. A kind woman sees this all going on, runs to the paper towel aisle, and gets me a roll. She unwraps them and gives them to me. I find out as I'm leaving that she actually bought them for me. I'll definitely be paying her kindness forward. I was so grateful I almost cried.
I get home, put my daughter immediately in the bathtub, where she proceeds to diarrhea in the bath water. I have to take a plastic cup and scoop out all the particles the are too big to go down the drain.
I've been up all night with her vomiting. Norovirus SUCKS!
Hope your little one feels better. :)
My day started with a bad dream of creepy toys in a strange house throwing themselves off the shelf at me. Even a doll began to open its eyes and gave me a strange look before flying off a dresser onto the bed I was on in the dream... I was supposed to sleep in this morning, but after that?! And the last four or five days have seriously sucked rocks, between my hormones and Kiddo's new season of upset over every.little. thing.
But that's NOTHING compared to what you have dealt with today. I sure hope that your little boy recovers soon and that the rest of your family stays healthy. Febrile seizures are so scary, and the rest of what you posted was exhausting at best. I hope that both you and your kiddo can find some good, healing sleep this evening.
Queen of the Castle's suggestion of alternating ibuprofen and tylenol is a good one.We've done that with high fevers too.
All that said, now I'm feeling very thankful for my lot, hormones, whiny child and all.
Aww, that sounds really terrible.
Any chance he could have gotten food poisoning, or drank from an old sippy cup of milk?
You can alternate the Ibuprofen with Tylenol, to help bridge the gap between Ibuprofen doses. That usually helps keep my kids' fevers down while I wait for the 6 hours to pass so I can give more Ibuprofen.
Sorry you had such a bad day. Neither of my kids have ever had a seizure, or even a high temperature. I imagine it would be upsetting.
This morning I went to the concert hall to see my sons choir perform with the symphony orchestra. So as I am driving around downtown looking for parking in the theatre district, I pass a line of about seven school busses and my husbands points out that one of them had the stop sign up, after I had gone by. Passing a bus with the stop sign up carries a $600 fine here. While I enjoyed the concert (it was amazing), I spent the rest of the day worrying about whether I will be receiving a huge ticket in the mail. My roof is leaking and I need to replace it once the snow is gone, and I have to pay my homeowners insurance deductible to get the interior water damage fixed, so a $600 fine is the last thing I need.
Oh dear! I read your post right after I posted mine! I have to hand it to you, your day was worse. But I've got a really sick little one, too, so I thought I'd commiserate!!! I can't imagine the seizures - we've never had that. But it sure is hard when your kid says, in the most pathetic way possible, "when is this ever going to go away?!" Hope you have a better day tomorrow :)
I thought my day sucked, but you win. I applied to get out of jury duty because I'm the primary caregiver for our kids. It's a valid reason on the form. I got a rejection letter because my kids are school-aged (don't get me started on the potential cost of emergency before and after-school childcare, plus daytime boarding for our dog. I'm self-employed, so no income either on top of those expenses if I get stuck on a jury.). Stuck being on call an entire week and it may lead to the cancellation of our anniversary getaway.
You still win.
Today has sucked. Royally. I'm so sorry your day has been hard.
Here's something that helped me to smile, even through my current feelings of fear, grief, and anger:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/quotes-that-show-that-mr-r...
Ohhhhhh myyyyyyy Gossshhhhhhh! You poor thing. I thought I had a bad day a week ago when I had to sit around for 8 hours in a hospital while DH had a kidney procedure. Finally got home and I couldn't get to sleep for anything. Finally fell asleep around 1:30 am and 15 minutes later - you guessed it - DD woke me up because she had thrown up. Finally got to sleep at about 3:30. Was supposed to be at work at 9, but left message that I would be in at 10. Set my alarm accordingly and left note for DH not to wake me up. Well, the power had been out at our house earlier that day and I mixed up the AM / PM on my alarm clock when I reset it. So I was 2 hours late to work - and it's a fairly new job. Good thing bad days only last 24 hours.
Absolutely nothing starts the day like getting barfed on.
I hope the poor little guy feels better soon. Febrile seizures are hard on mom, too.
Hang in there! Try to rest your eyes while Oliver rests.
Best wishes.
Well, I was going to chime right in, but your day takes the cake!
I hope Oliver feels better soon!
Aaaw, I'm so sorry. I practically burst into tears just imagining your night and day. Especially the night time emergencies, and subsequent cleaning up process. That *totally* sucks. Hugs, hope you have a better day tomorrow!
Yup, yesterday sucked. My husband had to spend all day in court (again) over a CHIPS petition for his oldest daughter, who has been removed from her mother's custody but placed with her grandparents instead of him. We've been waiting since October for this child to be placed with us...as she should be...but she's 10, is used to living in a junkie house, and would rather live with her grandparents who are halfway to that lifestyle with the "lax" attitude, letting her pretty much do what she wants as far as food, homework, TV, etc. Hubby has been trying to be understanding, because this child has been going through a lot...but yesterday, she expressed that she no longer wants visitation with him. So, yup, yesterday sucks. My heart is broken for my husband, who is a very loving father...and is being rejected by his daughter because she doesn't like our stable home.
Oh my goodness, I haven't had a day like that in many years. That is one terrible day. Of course, it was worse for Oliver. Hope he feels better.
I don't even think I could say anything to make it better, except maybe, you are a good mom and it's days like this that are your proving ground. :)
my dear, that is one awful, awful day.
and one thing (weirdly) jumps out at me. why did you sleep upside down?
i sure hope today is better!
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khairete
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I'm so sorry you are having a rough day.
I am sorry you had such a bad day - It is almost over and tomorrow will be better!
There is a nasty stomach virus going around our area
Yep I agree you had a sucky day. Hope Oliver feels better soon. Those febrile seizures are hard to watch, but thankfully harmless. Hugs.
