First ER Visit

We had another first last night.  

After a super fun Halloween night (post coming soon), we came home, tucked Tater into bed, and drifted off to sleep.  All was well until around 2:30, when we heard Tater making some noise.  Now, he sometimes wakes up at night, especially when he's thrown his blankets off and has gotten cold, so this wasn't out of the ordinary.  Dave went down to check on him, thinking he would just cover him back up and all would be fine. 

All was not fine.  He was burning up, shaking, whimpering, and just acting pitiful.  Any movement was torture for him.  We took his temp and it was 104.4!  Tried to give him advil and within minutes, he was throwing up.  We gave him a cool bath, but nothing was helping.  

So, last night, at just a little after 3, we headed to the hospital for Tater's first ER visit.  

Thankfully, the staff was pleasant and we didn't have to wait to get into our room.  The doctor looked at him and quickly found a really bad ear infection in his right ear. 

 They gave him some meds to help calm him stomach and some tylenol.  Before long, his fever was down some and with a prescription for an antibiotic, we were on our way home. 

He woke up this morning and was one happy boy.  He was back to his wild and crazy self.  He ate a great breakfast and played.  He got his antibiotic and a dose of tylenol. 

Tater and I went to a store to check out a few things and on our way home, I noticed that his cheeks were getting a little red.  Within the 5 minutes it took to get home, he went from happy and smiling to crying and whimpering.  His fever was back, 103.8. 

He was still over 2 hours away from being able to get more meds and so for the next 2 hours, this is what my life looked like: 

I hate seeing him like this.  Soo pitiful. 

He got more advil and once his fever was down, he's been his crazy wild self again. 

Praying that it doesn't return tonight.