Day 6 of fever, which means he's had 5 nights of poor sleep waking up with night sweats so bad his shirt, shorts, sheets, blanket and pillow are absolutely soaked. Like soaked in that, change everything multiple times throughout the night, sort of soaked. My laundry pile, well has transitioned into a mountain top this week :).
On day 2 of fever, I took him in to a little clinic because I knew he had strep, but can't treat him because I'm still waiting for the Mississippi Board of Nursing to grant me my NP license. Not sure why, but the NP at the clinic did a rapid strep culture "just to make sure" and it was positive. We got amoxil, he's been taking it. His throat looks much better but we can't seem to kick this fever. On day 5, his mean, paranoid mama took him in for some lab work. You know, because my mind wanders to assume he has x, y, and z instead of just a several day-long fever because of some virus. I was just paranoid because typically when someone in our family comes down with some sort of funk it passes to one of the other 5 family members in a day or two, and no one else has come down with this. Which is an absolute blessing, but reason for my paranoia. He also complains of his head hurting all day long, and his poor face would be in agreement with that complaint. This is coming from a kid who rarely complains about any sort of pain/sickness. So we went, just to make sure, to ease my mama worries. While in the waiting room, he looked about as pitiful as I've ever seen, alternating "goosebumped legs/arms" with "burning hot head." His frequent little moans were just heartbreaking.
We were greeted by a doctor in high top converse that had superman on them. He made a frog for my "froggy sounding kid" with a glove and sharpie, and that made Kip smile for a moment. He spoke Kip's love language, and all was okay until...that nurse came in and "stole some red stuff from my finger and hurted me"
$105 later - Some sort of vial yuck jumped into his system now, meaning his fever can come and go for a while still, or it could break today.
Hoping it breaks now, because he's tired and worn.
We were greeted by a doctor in high top converse that had superman on them. He made a frog for my "froggy sounding kid" with a glove and sharpie, and that made Kip smile for a moment. He spoke Kip's love language, and all was okay until...that nurse came in and "stole some red stuff from my finger and hurted me"
$105 later - Some sort of vial yuck jumped into his system now, meaning his fever can come and go for a while still, or it could break today.
Hoping it breaks now, because he's tired and worn.
Hoping tomorrow he wakes up fever-free, and that no other Loprinzi gets this yuck. Poor kid has been miserable with body aches, headaches, no appetite, and absolutely no energy.
Kip rates his energy levels throughout the day for us, probably based on the Skylander's Wii U game. The past 5 days he says his "energy level has really, really been 0, so low (he) can't even walk." On a normal day, it is never 0...ever on his energy rating scale. "when my energy level gonna be at least a low level 5 again mom?! I so tired of being sick and I want to feel better."
Kip rates his energy levels throughout the day for us, probably based on the Skylander's Wii U game. The past 5 days he says his "energy level has really, really been 0, so low (he) can't even walk." On a normal day, it is never 0...ever on his energy rating scale. "when my energy level gonna be at least a low level 5 again mom?! I so tired of being sick and I want to feel better."
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