sick little guy. @28months

We had a sick little boy last weekend. :( 

His fever started around dinner time on Thursday and it didn't stop rising until it hit 103.8 on Saturday evening. 

After calling the doctor at midnight on Friday when it was 103.5 

to a doctor's office visit to be told it was a virus and possibly roseola if a rash shows up later 

to the fever breaking on Sunday at 1:00pm

 to a rash (sure enough!) Monday morning 

to the rash spreading all over his body by Wednesday

....it's been a long week of our little guy not feeling well. 

Friday  morning snuggles with Momma. 

he was interested in playing outside Friday morning for about 20 minutes. Then he wanted "couch. Momma." to rest. 

Friday night slept with Daddy in the recliner starting at 7:30pm.
I got up every few hours to give him fever reducing medicine and take his temperature.
Poor little guy.
Wes told me the next day, " I knew Bugs didn't feel well and I felt so bad for him. So when I checked on him at 10pm and he was wide awake I asked him if he wanted to rock with Dadda and he just nodded yes."
What a sweet Daddy!! 

 

We watched hours of Thomas the train and Imagination Movers since all he wanted was to be held on the couch. 

Saturday he slept on Mommy all day.
So difficult when Colton refuses to take any medicine.
We tried bribbery. Nope.
We tried tricking. Nope.
We tried pleading. Nope.
We tried forcing. Nope.
We tried hiding it in milk. Nope.
We tried hiding it in juice or soda. Nope.
We tried hiding it in yogurt. Sometimes. But only if he was hungry.
A tad frustrating. 

Sunday morning (left) asleep on the couch and on Mommy.
Sunday evening (right) happy boy once the fever broke! 

Colton fell asleep holding onto his bus Sunday morning while snuggling with Daddy. 

Sunday afternoon.
Doesn't this just break your heart??
It did ours. So hard when your baby is sick. 

Sunday evening.
You can tell he feels so much better. And that he had lots of experience with the thermometer over the past few days.
He wanted to take his own "tem-r-chure".  Such a cutie. 

Sunday before bed.
Our little monkey. :)