Down With A Sickness

Look at this face. Look at those little puffy sad eyes.

I'm telling you, people. It was SAD.

He literally sat on that couch for HOURS before moving. 

The Little Man

Calvin is officially all caught up on his shots.

Oh don't worry, the had to suffer through 7 SHOTS.
Needless to say, the next day was rough. I had 3 shots myself, although the worst of my suffering was just sore shoulders. Calvin woke up drenched in sweat, totally lethargic, appetite lost. Probably the most pitiful of these things was that Calvin's legs were so sore that his legs couldn't hold his weight! Every time he tried to stand up, his legs would shake uncontrollably and buckle because they were in so much pain. Not to mention the poor little guy just couldn't stop crying!
Around nap #2 of the day, after a warm bath in an effort to try to bring down the fever, I put Cal down in his crib and noticed he was shaking so violently from the chills that his whole crib shook! I hated watching my Calvin in such a horrible state! I literally couldn't do any more than I already had.

Thankfully, by the time Calvin had woken up from his nap, his fever broke! After that, a little food, and some small efforts to try to stand up on his own two feet despite the pain in his legs.

The next day, it was like he'd never been sick!
Walking around, eating, playing.
Still a bit of leg stiffness, but nothing compared to the previous day.

I am so glad to have this kid back to his usual self.

Apologies if the pictures are just slightly blurry. There was a lot of movement to try to capture with my wimpy little digital camera. 

Bad Blogger.

I tend to go through phases where I can crank out a few entries a week! Maybe even a few a DAY. Sorry I've been neglecting you. But I do have pictures to share. :)

It's been kind of crummy weather these last few days. Here we are, pulling out all of our summer attire and the next thing you know- it's raining, snowing, and being really overcast. The downside is Calvin is STILL trying to get over his cold. Although I think now he's reaching the last stretch of this sickness. His little nose is still running and every once and a while now I'll hear him cough. All in all, I'd say he's doing much better than he was a week ago. Thanks everyone for asking! I am also starting to think that he just gets sick on the days when I have to do something important.

Anyway- I will be going to see the Anne Frank Exhibit in the Salt Lake City Library this Wednesday! I'll be sure to take lots of pictures!

This is how Calvin's been dressing during this icky weather...

Even Dozer (my family's beagle) is dressing for the weather. Here, he's wearing his blue rain coat. Don't worry, it even has a hood for those particularly rainy days. 

I've got a Coughing Calvin.

It usually starts with a runny nose, maybe a few sneezes. I can usually tell that he's feeling sick just by his body language. You know... that achey, stiff, sick feeling you get all over your body when you get sick. This has been going on for about a week now (going on a week and a half) and I thought it was getting better!

When just last night, Calvin's coughing woke me up. It was pretty intense.. Big chesty, tight cough attacks that seized his little body. I could hear him gagging and crying and struggling to breathe- I finally told myself, if it doesn't stop, I'm getting up and going to the store to get him something. 

Guess what I ended up doing.. 

It was nearly 2 in the morning and I got up and dressed and got him a humidifier and some Motrin (he was running low) and maybe some Vicks. Thankfully, that seemed to help him get some rest. The On-Call nurse at the Pediatrician's office told me that if it got any worse than that (wheezing, blue lips, etc) I should take him to the Emergency room. 

AAAH! 

I didn't have to do that (Thank you!!!) It may have been my sleepiness coupled with my worry/stress that made me cry when she told me to take him to the ER if anything got worse. Thank goodness I didn't have to resort to that! Anyway, he's still a little cranky, but doing better. I turned on the shower, put some pots of boiling water on the stove and of course, his humidifier on to hopefully get some humidity going in the house and help my little guy. 

Downside of all the steam: I have to wipe down all my walls from the collecting drops running down. 

Upside: My skin looks really good. Haha! 

We caught Calvin just chillin' in his crib with his feet up. (Sorry for the beeping and clicking you hear in the video... that's me trying to get a picture on my lil' digital camera)