Rough Day for the JaiderBug... & Mommy :/

This is going to be a short update because I am absolutely beat. When Jaiden woke up this morning he was covered in pink bumps and felt extremely warm. I called his pediatrician and they wanted to see him first thing. To make a long story short, he is pretty much miserable. His temp has ranged from 99.9 – 101.6 today, his throat was super red so they did a strep test (which turned out negative), she wants me to bring him back in if he starts pulling on his ears, and the pink little bumps are definitely hives. She said being that it was a fever and a rash combination her initial reaction is that it’s a viral infection— but she really did not like the fact that he has tons of hives around his mouth. The Doctor was a little nervous about an allergic reaction so after our appointment she wanted us to head over to the lab to get blood work done. I thought watching Jaiden get his shots were bad.... today made that seem easy. Try having to pin your baby down as they draw three tubes of blood. It was absolute torture. As if the little man hadn’t been through enough already today. Of course, him being the charmer that he is, as soon as the needle was out, he looked up at the 2 nurses and gave them the biggest smile as if to say... it’s alright, I forgive you :) He’s such a trooper. Within minutes he had completely forgotten about all the trauma and was laughing at the new squeaky frog that they gave him. He was such a brave little guy today. He had his first little Popsicle when we got home and he was thrilled to say the least. We should be getting the results within the next couple days, so we’ll keep you all up to date.


He now weighs 20 lbs 12 ozs just in case anyone was curious :)