Yesterday Gavyn was just not himself. Sleepy, cranky and not wanting to eat as much. At first I thought maybe another growth spurt except for the eating less. This morning he had a tiny wheeze after he would cough so I decided to take him to the Doc. On the way Nevin let out a terrible cough as well. When we got there I asked if they would have time to look at Nevin as well and they said they could squeeze them both in.
You have to picture me doing this as well, by myself...
Baby not happy. Boys getting energy as the day starts. Me trying to get everyone dressed and fed and out the door. Get to the doc's office and park close by. Get Gav in the baby sling, hold Nev's hand, Sky walks. Make it to the door, Sky opens the door like a little gentleman since both of my hands are full. Sign in. Get called back. Nevin throws himself on the floor screaming because he doesn't want to leave the toys. Baby in the sling, Skyler walking back to the rooms, trying to pick Nevin up. Get back to the room. Set Nevin on the table and get his shoes and shirt off. Take baby out of sling and get him undressed. Carry baby out to scale and both boys take off in the opposite direction. The nurse takes Gav, I grab the other two. Get baby weighed. Nurse hands baby to me. Nevin won't stand on the scale. Pick Nev up and put him on the baby scale. Finally make it back to the room. Somehow the doc got both of them checked over, Gav screamed while he got checked, Nev yelled while he got checked, Skyler starred at everyone. Find out Baby just has a bad cold and there is not a lot to do but wait it out. Nev has a double ear infection and we need to get meds. Make it out to the counter, get stickers and cookies, out to the car. Once we got in the car I dropped the script off, got home, unloaded, fed the baby, loaded back up, picked up the script, got home, gave the meds, made lunch.
Oddly enough Nevin has been in a really great mood all day! He and Skyler have been playing together, building Lego's, crashing cars, watched the movie Cars. Every now and again the poor guy will grab his ears and let out a cry. After a short cuddle he is fine though.
Poor Gavyn is not doing so hot though. Back and forth from being OK to crying. Eating fine, crying and not wanting to eat. Sleeping and waking up. It wears a mommy out. On top of it I start worrying about his shunt not working right. I keep reminding myself that the NeuroSurg warned me this would happen, anytime something is wrong you will think it is the shunt and 95% of the time it will be something else.
Just another day at the Stanley house...
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