Sick Baby

Riley has been one sick little guy for the last several weeks.  It all started with a fever the weekend before Thanksgiving, but luckily that cleared up in time for Thanksgiving Day.  Then, he broke out in a head-to-toe rash the Saturday after Thanksgiving and got another high fever.  On Monday, the doc said that he had a “viral rash” and to let it run it’s course and to treat the fevers with Tylenol/Advil.  Riley didn’t improve throughout the week, so he was back to the doctor last Friday where they informed me that he had RSV (a scary respiratory virus that babies get), Bronchitis, a touch of Pneumonia, and a double ear infection!!  Unfortunately, this was just a few hours before Matt left for Charlotte for the VT game (luckily, he was back on Sunday morning), so I packed up and headed to my parents for the weekend for moral support!  We were instructed to do 20 minute breathing treatments to open his airways every 4 hours, and Riley did NOT like them! We will be doing breathing treatments for 2 weeks, and now he is a pro! THEN… we found out yesterday that Riley is allergic to Penicillin.  He broke out in terrible hives, so we were able to switch his antibiotic and get them under control.  Poor little guy!!! Sorry for being MIA… but now you know why. J Glad our little man is on the mend now!