first trip to the ER

well...this week has been quite an adventure. we woke up sunday morning to take clayton to church early (he came in town late saturday night and forgot to get his truck from the church) and while i was getting levi dressed, i noticed something on his arm. on the underside of his left arm, there was this big, red inflamed spot that just looked horrible. the skin in the middle looked like it was disentigrating almost. so i took levi to my  mom's to see if i was just being paranoid and when i got there, we decided to call the pediatrician. she sounded concerned and said to take him to the ER and that we shouldn't wait until tomorrow to bring him in....so we did. we took him in and waited for about 2 hours and they told us he had developed cellulitus...sick i know. basically, he had a scratch on his arm that had gotten infected, abcessed, and then spread. the infection had moved to his bloodstream which is why he has had fever. so they gave us a topical and oral antibiotic to clear up the infection and told us to keep him on tylenol and motrin to keep the fever down. so that is what we did. however, sunday night, his fever spiked again to 103 and at one point was over 104 and he became VERY lethargic. when doctors ask if a child has been lethargic, i've always thought..."that's the stupidest thing i've ever heard. how on earth are you supposed to tell if a sleepy infant is acting unusually sleepy?" well, after seeing levi that night...there is an ABSOLUTE difference in being sleepy and being lethargic. he wasn't really moving at all. just sitting. kind of looking around, but just staring mostly. not crying. not growling. not moaning. just sitting. he kindof dozed off for about 5 minutes but when he woke up, he didn't fuss. he just sat there. i have to say...this scared me much more than the ER. i have never seen him like that. so lifeless. usually at bedtime he's off his rocker tired and so ready to go to bed that he gets a little wired right before we put him down...so this was very unusual for him. so again, we called his pediatrician and she told us to put him in a lukewarm bath (just like my mom said :) and then to check his temp again. so we did the bath and put him to bed. his fever finally broke on tuesday, and we have been pretty healthy ever since! yay! we have one more day on the antibiotics and then we will be through!! 

so thank you to everyone who prayed and helped out today. thanks to mom, granny beth and bill for staying with us in the ER!! we love you guys. i have to say though, having a little boy i envisioned our first ER visit to be much more tragic and dramatic than this, so i am very thankful that infection was the name of our game today and not broken bones or bleeding of any kind :)

on a lighter note....we are going to get all fancied up tomorrow night and i am SOOOO excited!!! there will defin be pics of us in our pretty clothes!!!