Feelin' hot, hot, hot...

Um... unfortunately, not talkin' about me with that title... Actually, it's a bit more literal in reference to our littlest one, Austin.

Poor little guy got evicted from school yesterday with a slight fever. So, grabbing my laptop to work from home, I picked him up and we went to spend the afternoon at home. But, what began as a slight fever certainly didn't stay that way.

By mid-afternoon, a butt-check had him at 103.2! Poor little fella was melting. So, I stripped him down to his diaper, gave him some baby tylenol and a spongebath, walked around a little with him outside, and gave him some milk. Then, I let him hang out in his diaper for a bit to cool off (every baby's dream, really).

It seemed to work, because he calmed down a bit and didn't feel so much like a little roasty piece of coal.

Oh - and I had called the doctor's office too. Since he had just been treated last week with antibiotics for an ear infection, the nurse made us an appointment to stop by this morning to see our pediatrician.

All was calm... until 1am... then, Jeff and I awoke to the pathetic little wails of a baby in agony. Jeff changed his diaper, I did the butt-check, and this time he registered 104.6. So, we gave him more tylenol, a bottle of milk, then moved him back to his bassinette once he seemed to be falling back asleep.

This morning, it was off to the doctor's office. Surprisingly timing it just right, Austin had a bit of an exorcist moment right after I had finished undressing him. I was able to avoid me, his clothes, and the floor - getting it all on the papered patient bench. (i was really proud of that "save", thank you very much!)

Verdict appears to be the ear infections are raging away. But, since he had just shown he has a propensity to not keep all his food in his belly right now, Austin was cursed with having to get his new antibiotics via a shot to the thigh muscle. Ouch.

Having gone through those shots in the muscle through all those fertility treatments that led to our blessing of Tyler, I completely knew about the pain that Austin was SCREAMING about at that particular moment of time. And needless to say, he was one pissed off baby after that.

Now, we wait to see if he needs to get another one tomorrow (for which we have tentatively scheduled a 9:30 am appointment. ) Unfortunately, doesn't look good, as his temp was back up over 104 this evening - and that's with the Tylenol and wearing just a diaper.

Let's just say Austin's not a very happy camper today. But, on the positive side, he really enjoyed the strawberry icee he got to eat as part of our efforts to make him more comfy.