A bit of relief and a fever

I heard back from Dr. Khammar (Reese's eye Dr) this afternoon.  After feeling guilty all last night and today that somehow it was my fault that the tube came out Dr. Khammar reassured me that it just happens.  He said that it is really not uncommon and that they sometimes come out while a child is in recovery.  All day I felt like I was waiting to get called in the principal's office and get in trouble!  He just laughed and said that since the tube was in the duct was open and that hopefully it just stays open.  He said he would look at make sure it was the right tube that came out and then we'll just keep a closer eye (no pun intended!) on that eye.  What a relief!  I was so nervous that we were going to have to go through the whole thing again. At 28 weeks pregnant I was not looking forward to trying to figure out how to make that work.  We have a follow-up on Monday morning and we'll get to talk about it more at that appointment.

Today brought a tired and lethargic Aiden.  He felt a little warm after lunch, but the thermometer that I used said he was fine.  It's the temporal one that scans across the forehead and I normally don't really trust it.  I put them down for their nap and when he got up he felt warmer.  I used the temporal thermometer again and it just didn't seem right.  I used the regular thermometer under his arm and sure enough.  100.8  He didn't seem too bad and was still playing, just kind of crabby and tired.  So I gave him Tylenol.  He ate okay at supper, but then seemed to just get more mopey.  We took his temperature at 7:15 before he was ready to go to bed.  Now he was at 102.6.  Poor kid.  We gave him Tylenol, most of which he let run out of his mouth.  We tried getting him to drink some juice but he only drank a little.  Maybe he has a sore throat.  Who knows.  That's the hard part about them talking, but not able to say enough to tell us what's wrong.  We'll see what tomorrow brings.  I know one thing..I'll be checking on him before I can go to bed tonight.

While things have felt a bit stressful we've had some moments that made us say, "These are the days we'll look back at and miss".  Last night we listened to Reese sing himself to sleep.  He was singing "Jesus Loves Me", the alphabet and "Wheels on the Bus".  What a great way to end a not so great day.  It reminded me to be thankful and enjoy them being little.  They are so darn cute at this age!  I won't lie, some days are really hard.  Most days we have moments where we could scream.  So, I guess it's a good thing they do many cute things to balance out the moments of insanity. :)