Last week...

...was not Grant's week. Here's why...

• he caught a bug (virus) his first day in nursery


• two days later his fever was 103 degrees, he was coughing, had a snotty nose, and was so sad and clingy


• we delt with it for a couple days on our own, then I took Grant in because he wasn't eating or drinking and he had diarrhea


• it was just a virus--of course we can't do anything for it besides the regular "comfort" measures


• two more days of dealing with it led to a coughing fit Friday night that would not stop. Grant coughed so hard he threw up multiple times. He could barely catch his breath between coughs.


• So we took a trip to urgent care where the NP said his lungs sound "horrible" and presumed it was pneumonia.


• After a strep test (which was negative) a chest x-ray (which showed no pneumonia) and a breathing treatment (which he was hysterical for) we left not coughing and with a diagnosis of a virus.


• Then the next day we tried to have a little fun by playing outside in our kiddie pool. Grant slipped on wet concrete, fell down face-first and split his lip. With blood gushing out of his mouth and a chunk of lip dangling, I thought we'd have to take this poor boy back to urgent care for stitches. Turns out the bleeding stopped fairly quickly, and Grant pulled the piece of lip off (I tried to stop him). An otter pop helped with the tears too.


• Then a few days later (with him feeling better) we went to his 18-month well-baby check up and he got one more shot.


• All I can say is, that was not his week.


• Here's to him feeling better, doing better, and going a whole few days without a major incident. =)