Munchkins

My poor little M was sick all weekend. He woke up Saturday with a temperature of about 102. I gave him some Tylenol and it dropped briefly. By about 2:30 or so Saturday afternoon, it was back up and wouldn't go down this time. By 10:00 Saturday night, he woke up with a temp of 104.1 and his nose bleeding. I was pretty nervous by this time. J hardly ever gets sick and has NEVER had a fever that high.


I called the Vanderbilt Nurse's Hot Line and spoke with one nurse who asked if I had any Motrin. I told her I had just bought some and she figured out his dose from his age and weight and told me to give him 1 1/2 teaspoons. So I did..... As I was washing out the dropper, I was reading the back of the Motrin box and it said to give him 1.875 ml and that 5 ml were in a teaspoon. I was thinking OH MY GOSH - I have totally over-medicated him. Needless to say, I called the nurses' line back and spoke with another nurse. She said that that was the correct dosage and asked if I gave him children's Motrin. I told her, "no", that I had given him infants Motrin. She said, in that case, yes, I gave him way too much.


I started to panic a little at that point. It didn't help any that T was holding M on the couch and kindof giving me the evil-eye. I told him that I had just done what the nurse had told me. I have never bought him childrens cold medicine for fever's so it never occured to me that the dosage was not for infants.


Anyway, the nurse three-way called the poison control and they said that he should be fine. I guess Motrin is a lot more forgiving if you give them too much. They said if I had done that with Tylenol, I would have had to take him to the ER. He slept really well that night and didn't have any fever Sunday morning but by mid-morning it was back. Poor little guy, he wasn't hardly eating at all and running a fever too....


By Monday morning, he was still running a fever and they (the Vanderbilt nurses) said that if his fever wasn't gone by Monday to take him to the doctors. So I did. He has a virus that the Dr. said would just have to work out of his system.


By Monday afternoon, his fever was down and has been down since. Thank God!!! He took care of my little M!! - and kept me from freaking out!!

Miscellaneous

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current book: Rereading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - read if fast the first time just to get through it - now I need to go back through it slower


current playlist: Downloaded some of my favorite "Hair Metal" songs like Slaughter's "Fly to the Angels" and GnR's "Paradise City" - also have been listening to my fav AI song's that I down loaded from another site


current shame-inducing guilty pleasure: Love American Idol - GO TAYLOR!!! Also, am still a Survivor fan


current color: I am really into that mint green lately - and pink. I am trying to colorize my wardrobe, tired of only having black shirts


current fetish: Aldi's Oatmeal Raisin Cookies - they are soft and yummy


current drink: Unsweet Iced Tea - no lemon, or regular coke


current food: We are really into long grain and wild rice, J has decided that she likes it so we have it with about every meal.


current favorite favorite: Days where I don't have to do a thing - haven't had one of those in a long time.


current wish-list: A fence for our back yard so I can quit walking the dog. :) Some shelves for my living room and pantry.


current needs: To finally lose this post-baby weight


current triumph: Awana is almost over for the year!! I have my Wednesday's back.


current bane(s) of my existence: Sick little one, no fence (again)


current celebrity crush: TV - Bradley Cooper from Alias, Movies - Brad Pitt (even though he left his wife - he is sooo pretty) :)


current indulgence: Don't really have one that I can think of.


current #1 blessings: Husband, children, our new house


current slang or saying: I don't really have one, but J always says "Snap!"


current outfit: Olive green cargo/type pants and a black shirt


current excitement: Hubby and I have been doing search-a-words like crazy - are we that nerdy!?!?


current mood: Busy - why am I doing this instead of working??


current link: W@H


current pictures: Bubby at the park (my sis took this pic for me)