What do you guys do on Saturday Nights to "have a good time?" We hang out at the ER!! :) As you can see our patient was a very, very good boy. Even labeled the "perfect patient" and "patient of the day" by the first doctor. Little bit of a scare for Mom and Dad, but K was fine the whole time. On and off all week K has been complaining of a tummy ache on his right side and sometimes other random aches. It always went away and nothing that seemed to serious. Saturday afternoon he kept waking up from his nap screaming, and wouldn't lay back down. Kept complaining of his tummy ache on the same side. We ended up calling the Nurse Line, and went through an array of questions, and she said since he did keep saying it was the same side and same spot they thought we should have him seen.
I have never seen the ER that busy, and I work there! There were people laying on gurneys lining the hallway, laying on the floor in the waiting room, INSANE BUSY! Luckily the Peds area is separate after check in and we got right in. I would not let Kayden onto the floor or touch anything until we got into a room! UCKY! If Jodi would have been there she would have needed to be put into a rubber room!
The Dr's checked K's tummy, kidney's, lungs, etc. And bottom line - he's two. We aren't sure what it is! As you can see in these pictures, he was just fine which made it hard to bring him in, but they did reassure us it wasn't kidneys, lungs, appendix, etc. The last Dr actually said - they could do an X-ray or an ultrasound, but said he didn't want to keep us all night and he was fine. No fever, no anything. He said to come back if anything changed or if the pain really stopped him in his tracks (which it has yet to do). So we are very thankful we went in to just get reassured everything was fine, hoping him complaining goes away b/c it makes him awfully whiney.
Enjoying a little "Buzz & Woody" and "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" on the little mini TV. He was good to go!
The one thing they did see was a big sore on his tonsil, as well as this giant sore on his tongue. While we were waiting for the Dr the 2nd time he practiced showing him his tongue sore, so he got really, really good at it! They said it wasn't strep, just a "virus" as usual. But good thing...last night his appetite was BACK! Ate steak, all his veggies, our garlic bread and lots of mashed potatoes. Hoping he's all better!
Check out the right side...giant sore, huge and swollen!
Funniest thing of the trip (besides him fist-bumping & high fiving the two Dr's) was the 1st Dr saying "do you know when your birthday is?" He looks at him, points at his arm band (where his BIRTHDAY IS WRITTEN) and says "well its right there." :) The Dr burst out laughing and said, "well yes it is! Thank you Kayden!" Love our little comedian! :) hehe
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