Greyson is sick

After coming home from day care yesterday with a 102 degree fever and no other symptoms, I gave Greyson a dose of Tylenol and then he went down for a nap. An hour and half later he woke up still running a 102 degree fever! This surprised me and I called the clinic. They said to bring him and off we went. They checked him over and took some blood to check his white blood cell count. Then they came back and said that his WBC count was high and I should go to the children's hospital ER - ughh, not only was I not looking forward to an ER visit but this also meant that my baby could be REALLY sick! So when I got there, it was 3:30pm so we were sent back pretty quickly. The doc checked him over and said that they needed blood, urine, and they needed to get an xray for their tests to determine if he had a bacterial infection. Hmm... my thoughts immediately came out of my mouth by saying, "and how do you get those?" The lady doc looked at me kind of amused and said, "it is a little more difficult with these little ones..." So they ended up give Greyson an IV and taking his blood that way, cathing him for his urine, and strapping him down to a backboard for the xray. Needless to say, Greyson was not happy! Every time I would get him settled down from the last procedure, they would come in saying they were ready for the next one. He got to the point that he would just cry every time someone walked in our room. All the tests came back without indications of a bacterial infection so they used the IV to give him a prophylactic antibiotic and sent us home saying that it is most likely viral and that it just needs to run its course. Greyson is still running the 102 degree fever and I'm giving him Tylenol in an attempt to make him comfortable (with little success). I hope his fever breaks soon! I have to call in a little bit to get him in for another appointment at the clinic this afternoon. Wish us luck...

Greyson with his IV in his ankle.

Greyson getting his antibiotic.