We have had a crazy week. When we got home from Philly, Jeff had a bit of a runny nose and I had a little cough. Cole decided to put those two together and get a virus. On Tuesday night/Wednesday morning he woke up gasping for air, screaming, crying, just miserable. I put in a call to the on-call nurse immediately but I was impatient because we were having difficulty calming him down and he was telling me, "ow, ow, ow, Mommy." Since I needed to be home if Jamison woke up, I sent Jeff to the ER with Cole. He had croup and an ear infection. I'm sure you can only imagine our past few days with our high strung Cole on steroids. Let's just say it hasn't been fun. But we can't blame him, he's just a bit more aggressive, fighting sleep, but his last day of them was yesterday so hopefully he'll be back to normal soon.
Thursday we had an uneventful day just hanging out, Jeff's aunt and uncle brought us over some yummy food and my parents ordered us a yummy meal so we had plenty of food. No turkey, but ham, I love ham. Thursday night I tried to go to Toys R Us for their madness...let me say, that was just laughable. Never again will I ever even attempt that. Friday I got to Kohl's around 3:30 am, got everything I went for and I'm sure some extra. I hit up Home Depot and Lowe's for Jeff and then Target and Walmart before getting home at 7. I laid down when I got home but little Coley came into the room around 7:30 with a sweet, "Mommy, wake up." At 11:30 we noticed Jamison was a bit warm. From 11:30 until 7:30 his temp was hanging around 100.6 and 3 temps above 100.4 means hospital for him.
Jamison and I got packed and headed to the Children's Hospital ER. A silly little virus caused him so much pain. In the ER he got stuck 5 times trying to find a vein to put an iv in and take some cultures. I understand he's a difficult stick and his veins roll, however, I do not understand why the nurse was sticking him in his ligament in both wrists. Another more experienced nurse informed her of that. We got there at 8:30, at 2:15 they finally took us up to the cancer and blood disorder floor so he could be admitted. The night nurse was horrific. She couldn't speak to me, just stammered, woke him up multiple times and just irritated me beyond belief. We played all day Saturday in the hospital, Jeff came up at some point and I went home to play with Coley who had no interest in playing with me. :) Since Jamison's CBC was coming back low in multiple areas due to the chemo we had to stay another night. I did watch the glorious Carolina/Clemson game and that was about the only good thing in my night. At his 12am antibiotic push the idiot nurse realized that his iv was leaking. Apparently she can't do iv's because she called some other people in and they stuck him three more times before giving up. They called the doctor and she said not to worry because he hadn't been running a fever when we were there and since Cole had a virus it was most likely the same thing. They just had to make sure it wasn't bacterial. Sunday we played some more and he walked right into a gaming system in the playroom. So not only is he covered in bruises where they stuck him 8 times in less than 24 hours, he also has a lovely bruise on his head because his platelets are low. They FINALLY let us go at 3 on Sunday.
This was definitely not the relaxing lazy weekend we had planned. He will be getting a port put in, hopefully before we head back to Philly, I should take with someone about it tomorrow when they do another blood draw. We appreciate continued prayers.
Whenever you get an incompetant nurse, always demand a more experienced one. It's your right as a mommy. ;-) Also, when you are at Richland, take names. Seriously, the hospital truly does strive for excellent patient satisfaction and they need to know the areas that need improvement. I'm glad y'all are finally back home.
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