Cameron didn't get to enjoy his first Halloween. His new sock monkey costume is still hanging in his closet. He had been out of sorts for two days--lots of crying which is just not like him. Cameron is usually an extremely happy baby--laughing, smiling, giggling unless he's hungry. I called the doctor on Friday when he started running a temperature. They thought he was just teething & told me to give him some Tylenol. My gut told me to go ahead & take him to the doctor anyway that something just wasn't right. Surely babies didn't cry like this for just teething. You better believe next time I'll follow my "mom' instinct. After a sleepless night, Tim & I took him to the doctor Saturday morning. Dr. May sent us staight to Children's Hospital as a direct admit. Cameron had a burst eardrum, the other ear was infected, & his white blood cell count was 31 and it should have been around 10!! Needless to say, Tim & I were worried but everything turned out okay. It ended up that he had the beginning stages of pneumonia. The nurses at Children's were great & Cameron got some big doses of antibiotics & got to go home on Sunday.
It's definitely not easy entertaining a sick 5 month old in a tiny hospital room--thanks Nana for the reinforcements. They put a heart rate sensor on his big toe which made it glow bright red. It looked like an E.T. toe. Now to a young boy who is fascinated with his feet at the moment, this sensor was hard to resist. We're glad to be home & hope we don't have to go back to the hospital for a LONG time.
I had to take some pictures of him with the hat of his sock monkey costume anyway. He's fascinated at the moment with leaves but I promise none actually made it into his mouth while we were taking these pictures.
