Yesterday was a challenging one for us. Ethan woke up with his right eye almost swollen shut, and the right side of his face was swollen as well. I realized that it was from a bee sting that he received the night before on his eye lid - it didn't seem to bother him at the time, so I wasn't too concerned, but this situation was definitely concerning - so I called the Dr. and got in right away. As I was getting him ready for the Dr., he got sick in his bed, so my concern was heightened.
After examining Ethan, our Dr. said that he was suffering from 2 separate things - the bee sting on the eye and a strain of hand, foot, mouth disease. This was diagnosed because he had a red, raw throat, had thrown up, and had a bad fever - apparently it's going around.
So we got home (on the way, Ethan threw up again in the car . . .) and E was super lethargic. We watched his "Bun Bun" movie about a million times, and he even fell asleep on the couch with is totally unlike him! He didn't eat all day, and had no energy. Poor kiddo! So I canceled our plans for today (speech therapy and a play date) in anticipation of another rough day.
The good news is that he woke up feeling fine this morning! He's got his appetite and energy back. He still has a bit of a fever but nothing too concerning. Thank goodness. The Dr. had warned us that he would be feverish and grumpy for 5-7 days!!!!! However, I don't think that will be the case . . . hopefully we can still have a fun 4th of July weekend!
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oh stink. I hope Ethan is feeling better soon! Maria had the "mouth" part of hand foot mouth last year. Not fun! Looking forward to seeing you next week!!
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