Still Sick

Carter is still quite sick. He didn't sleep well last night and we kept hearing him talking but he wasn't upset so we let him be in his crib. Around 3:30 am though he started crying (right after I had put Rylan back to bed after his second feeding of the night!) and I went to him. He was burning up and complaining about a bug in his bed. I'm thinking that the fever may be making his skin hurt or itch and Carter thinks a bug is crawling on him.

I took Carter to our room to give him some Tylenol (which seems to be bringing down his fever more than Motrin) and decided to let him sleep with us the rest of the night because he sounded so terrible. He was breathing super fast. It sounded like he'd just finished running and was out of breath. Both Brian and I barely slept the rest of the night as we listened to Carter and worried about him. Carter did sleep pretty well though. He decided to snuggle with me and I loved that.

Carter and I slept in to just after 7 am. Brian was nice enough to get Rylan when he got up so that I didn't have to disturb Carter. When Carter got up, he was really unhappy again. All he wanted was for me to hold him. He was really upset whenever I had to put him down. Carter had no desire to eat again but did drink a little milk.

Art, Brian's dad, got here last night and is staying with us for a few days. I wanted to get the boys out of the house for a little bit so I asked Carter if he wanted to go to the zoo. That perked him up. I figured we could just go for a little while and it was something that Carter would enjoy instead of just laying on the couch and watching cartoons.

Carter did great at the zoo for a little bit while he still had some energy, but I ended up carrying him most of the time while Art pushed Rylan in the stroller. We didn't want to keep Carter out for long and the zoo was insanely crowded with tons of school groups so we only stayed just over an hour.

Carter had been breathing rapidly for periods throughout the day and still had the same 102F+ fever so I called the pediatrician's office again this afternoon to talk to a nurse. She recommended we bring Carter back in so I took him in while Art and Brian watched Rylan.

Our pediatrician thought Carter's lungs were actually more clear than yesterday. He explained the rapid breathing could be caused by Carter's fever. Apparently a fever can cause the body to hyperventilate.

When we got home, Carter fell asleep on me and I was able to put him on the couch for a nap. He seemed to get a little energy after his nap and ate a little bit for dinner (worse dinner ever - tortilla chips and ranch!).

We got him off to bed at his normal bedtime and he's sleeping in his crib right now. He hasn't been coughing much so hopefully he sleeps better tonight. We really hope he gets better soon because it stinks seeing Carter so sick!