Wow! That Came Out Of No Where

Tuesday was like no other. Ruben went to school & Jacob & I played until it was time to get ready for bed. He seemed just like normal...nothing was wrong with him. Took him a shower & had him asleep by his usual 8:30 p.m. Ruben got home around 9:30 and said that Jacob felt a little hot so we took the covers off him and thought that would help...wrong. He woke up screaming around 10:30 and he was burning up! We took his temperature and it was 102.4 so we throw him into a cold bath and then took him out and gave him some Tylenol after a little while we felt a little difference. The rest of the night & morning was spent putting cold towels on his head and neck to try to get the fever down. We all didn't sleep much so Ruben & I stayed home with him on Wednesday. Jacob was really bummed he didn't go to school...he missed a field trip. By about 10:00 a.m. Wednesday his fever was gone and you could see a big difference in his attitude. He ate Jell-o and crackers all day & he wasn't complaining...he loves jell-o. Who doesn't? We made him a Dr. appointment for 3:00 p.m. even though the fever went away. He took a nap around 12:00 p.m. and slept to about 2:00 p.m. and as I was getting him ready to go to the Dr. I noticed he was getting hot again. Thankfully we were on our way to the Dr! We got there and they took his temp again...103.5! What? They did the flu test and that came back negative...thank God! She really couldn't tell us what was wrong with him since he had no other symptoms whatsoever. She gave him some Motrin and like within 10 minutes there was a difference in his temp. We went home and continued the cold towels and jell-o and he thankfully knock on wood hasn't had a fever since. He certainly is milking the being taken care of...he keeps telling me he needs more jell-o so it can cool him down. He slept all night as did we and this morning still no fever returned. Ruben stayed home with him just in case and so he could continue our routine so the fever doesn't come back. Once again he is missing a field trip but I'm sure he is having a blast watching movies with Daddy at home. Poor baby the fever just came out of no where...I pray it doesn't come back!