Not the post I had planned to be my next, but...
This was how we spent our Friday night. Zeke has been with us for exactly 8 weeks and we ended up back where we started (sort of). I had a cold this week and ran a fever and ended up sharing with my son. On Friday he began running a temperature, so we called the dr and went in Friday afternoon. Because he is young and they couldn't find the source of the fever, they sent us the the ER for testing. They gave Zeke an iv of fluids, drew blood for testing, had a chest xray, and a lumbar puncture. After seeing his cultures, they decided to go ahead and give him antibiotics to be sure there was nothing going on. We finally got to leave after 10 pm. This morning we had to go back to the dr's office for more antibiotics. We have to go back tomorrow morning for another round and if the grown cultures come back clear again then we will be done with antibiotics. He was a champ through the whole thing! The pictures are pitiful. It was very scary just seeing our son hooked up to those machines. It made me realize how blessed and thankful I am that our son was born healthy. Thank you to everyone who knew what was going on and prayed, we definitely felt those prayers through out the evening and this morning.
Zeke napping while getting some fluids
This is the iv, they had to tape it up and fix his foot so that he couldn't move it.
This is after he got to eat (YAY!) and had gotten some fluid.
He is such a pleasant baby even while sick and in the hospital. All the nurses were going on about how cute he was and he just smiled at them.
On another note, he has been weighed again during all of this. He is now 13 lbs and 2 oz! He has doubled in his 8 weeks of life!
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