Sick Boy

This was definitely not a day I would like to repeat. Andrew had a horrible headache and told me he was dizzy once on Friday. He had a delay and hadn't missed any school, so I just let him stay home. He was super lethargic and Thursday had mentioned one time that his throat hurt. I figured I would take him for a strep test on Saturday if he was still feeling yucky. He ate a little, and wanted me to sleep with him. He woke up once to get some water, came back to bed and within a few minutes was panicking and threw up. After that, started having episodes of "feeling upside down." After 5-7 times he was nervous and Chris was nervous so we thought we should take him to the ER. I figured the upside down was vertigo and didn't think there was anything they could do. 

 We got to the ER and I told the doctor his throat had hurt a few days before. She said his throat looked fine. Lots of fluid in his one ear so that was probably causing the vertigo, but they wanted to see where the headache was coming from because it just isn't normal for a 7 year old to have such a bad headache. 5 nurses later, they got an IV in him. That part was horrible. WBC was up, so they decided to do an MRI to rule out any meningitis. Chris got to the hospital and went in with him for the MRI, which took an extra 30 minutes probably because he was so scared and it was so loud. That all came back fine. The doctor came back in and Andrew told her his neck hurt (probably from the stress and the MRI), so she said they had to do a spinal tap. Oh my stars. Worst thing as a parent I have EVER experienced.  EVER. They had to sedate him and he was stronger than a mule, so it was not happening fast. The results came back fine. We left there after 12 hours knowing nothing.

He was in and out all Saturday night and Sunday. I had a follow up Monday morning, and as soon as I walked in to my pediatrician I asked for a strep test. And it was positive. I was so frustrated because if they would have swabbed him at 430 in the morning two days before, we would have probably been home in bed. So much trauma (mostly psychological-to me at least!) He is on the mend and starting to feel more like himself now that he is on medicine for a few days. Thank you all for your prayers!

Stay HEALTHY!!