Our weekend wasn't so bad. It wasn’t as great as the previous weekend, but I really can't complain since I have all that I really need although it would be nice if Magnus could go for two weeks straight without getting sick.
Yesterday morning he woke up with a fever and just did not want to get out of bed. This is not unusual since he can be quite the sleepyhead (I wonder where he gets that from) but for him to feel kind of warm to the touch was a red flag. I know he’s not an infant anymore but I like to use a rectal thermometer because it is the most accurate and it read 102. I’m so past the point of worrying. I remember seeing the temperature go past 104 before. So I just give him Tylenol and go on with our day. Throughout the day he isn’t hungry…at all. His normal favorite foods are not appealing to him and in fact, the only thing he wanted to eat was oranges. In fact, he ate two of them. I think he may have been fascinated with the fact that I peeled them in front of him though.
We did absolutely nothing all day yesterday. I was supposed to help Max with the yard work but he knew I needed to baby Magnus since he wasn’t feeling well and had one of his friends help him instead. Then he grilled his delicious turkey burgers which Magnus actually had like two bites of. Poor kid. I was watching him drink milk and could tell that he had pain in his throat from swallowing so I knew this wasn’t just a fever but definitely something else.
Thank goodness his doctor has early morning hours for acute illnesses without an appointment. We hardly slept last night so getting magnus to the doctor @ 8 in the morning was not difficult even though he’s a late sleeper. His usual pediatrician was not in and we had a new one that we’ve never met before. She was brand new, like fresh from her residency new. His weight was now 29lbs, 4oz and his temperature was 100.9. I had her check his ears which were clear from infection (yay) and then I asked her to check his tonsils unto which she did and said “oh, he’s got several cold sores…Candida it’s called”. In other words “thrush” which happens to some people after antibiotic use. He just finished his meds for bronchitis and an ear infection over a week ago and here he is now being prescribed new stuff. It’s an anti-fungal drug which smells horrid and probably tastes worse because it was like trying to give a puppy a vitamin when I was trying to give him his dose earlier. Unfortunately for me, I have to give him 4 doses a day, one in each cheek.
So now he’s contagious for 24 hours so no gym for me. I was really getting into the groove of working out consistently too. Oh well.
Yesterday morning he woke up with a fever and just did not want to get out of bed. This is not unusual since he can be quite the sleepyhead (I wonder where he gets that from) but for him to feel kind of warm to the touch was a red flag. I know he’s not an infant anymore but I like to use a rectal thermometer because it is the most accurate and it read 102. I’m so past the point of worrying. I remember seeing the temperature go past 104 before. So I just give him Tylenol and go on with our day. Throughout the day he isn’t hungry…at all. His normal favorite foods are not appealing to him and in fact, the only thing he wanted to eat was oranges. In fact, he ate two of them. I think he may have been fascinated with the fact that I peeled them in front of him though.
We did absolutely nothing all day yesterday. I was supposed to help Max with the yard work but he knew I needed to baby Magnus since he wasn’t feeling well and had one of his friends help him instead. Then he grilled his delicious turkey burgers which Magnus actually had like two bites of. Poor kid. I was watching him drink milk and could tell that he had pain in his throat from swallowing so I knew this wasn’t just a fever but definitely something else.
Thank goodness his doctor has early morning hours for acute illnesses without an appointment. We hardly slept last night so getting magnus to the doctor @ 8 in the morning was not difficult even though he’s a late sleeper. His usual pediatrician was not in and we had a new one that we’ve never met before. She was brand new, like fresh from her residency new. His weight was now 29lbs, 4oz and his temperature was 100.9. I had her check his ears which were clear from infection (yay) and then I asked her to check his tonsils unto which she did and said “oh, he’s got several cold sores…Candida it’s called”. In other words “thrush” which happens to some people after antibiotic use. He just finished his meds for bronchitis and an ear infection over a week ago and here he is now being prescribed new stuff. It’s an anti-fungal drug which smells horrid and probably tastes worse because it was like trying to give a puppy a vitamin when I was trying to give him his dose earlier. Unfortunately for me, I have to give him 4 doses a day, one in each cheek.
So now he’s contagious for 24 hours so no gym for me. I was really getting into the groove of working out consistently too. Oh well.
Penny had thrush on and off for 3 freaking months! From birth till they finally gave her diflucan. What made it more fun was I breastfed, and I caught it too. We were a mess.
ReplyDeletePenny basically would get it back again within a few days of each time we stopped the oral nystatin. She was systemically infected and treating it in just her mouth was pointless as it didn't get the source.
If it comes back after you finish up treatment, don't mess around, see if you can talk them into diflucan and just nip it in the bud. By the way, newborns-3 month olds, not much more cooperative with the Nystatin. Put him on a bed, sit on his pelvis, gently, and put your knees on each of his shoulders, that will keep his arms out of the way. Then you'll have both hands to hold his mouth and get it in. I'm not kidding that's how we got Josh to take some of his nastier stuff.
Also watch out for yeast diaper rash infections, very common after lots of antibiotics. It will look like little red dots or just raw red scalded skin. Yeast multiple every 90 minutes, so if you see something one diaper and aren't sure it will get worse by the next one. It won't go away with standard diaper ointment, and it will hurt like the bejeezers to clean up the skin after a poo.
Your ped can call something in for you, I recommend Nystatin powder, we've tried miconazole creams, and mallox mixed with aquaphor, but the nystatin powder is brilliant.
We're sort of yeast pros over here between the kids and andy brewing beer.
Poor Magnus! Poor you!! I hope he feels better soon and you are able to get back to the fun times.
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