Let's start with Monday. I was already having a crappy day because of the Cycle #4 NTT. When I was getting ready to pick up Little Guy from daycare, I received a text from his daycare provider that he had a fever or 103!!! I always get a bit scared when he gets sick...
We went to the store and bought some medicine. Luckily, I was able to get into the doctor that evening before they closed. The doctor reassured me that he would be ok, just to do Motrin/Tylenol. No ear infection. Congestion was in his sinuses and not in his lungs. Just needed to play it out. I hate hearing that. I wish there was more I could do for him.
Tuesday, I had to take a sick day off of work to take care of Little Guy. His fever was up and down all day long, he was miserable. It's tiring taking care of a sick toddler! I was hoping he would get better and he would be able to go back to daycare the next day. No such luck, his fever didn't break all day long.
Wednesday, another sick day from work. I feel so guilty taking sick days! In a normal year, I used to only take 1-2 maybe. This year, I've taken almost all of my sick days (for TTC appointments, Little Guy's appointments, my other foster kid's appointments, etc). It's only September and I can't believe my sick days are almost gone and we haven't even hit flu season yet.
This day was a tough day having a sick kiddo. First, I had my baseline ultrasound for Cycle #5. There was no way I was going to be able to bring Little Guy with me to the RE's office while I was having a vaginal ultrasound done! So, I was scrambling. Luckily one of my friend's said she could watch him for the hour I had my appointment. Thank goodness for friends!
Then, Little Guy had a doctor visit as well - for a specialist. It takes MONTHS to get into this specialist and I didn't want to reschedule. Luckily, Little Guy's fever broke that morning and he was acting and feeling like his normal self. He did really well at the appointment, the specialist was very pleased with his progress and test results!
When we were about to leave the doctor's office, I noticed a piece of wood sticking out of my tire. At first, I was going to try to pull it out. Then I noticed how embedded it was! I checked my tire pressure and it was fine, no lights on in the care to indicate low pressure. I drove directly to Discount Tires.
Turned out the piece of wood was indeed embedded into my tire and that I would need to purchase new tires. Luckily, I only had to purchase 2 (to keep the car balanced - the other 2 tires are still good for a bit longer). But still, after just spending a bunch on a new IUI Cycle #5 and just purchasing new donor sperm, the extra expense sucked!
Luckily the Discount Tires was close to an IHOP. So, I went to IHOP for dinner with a grumpy/kind-of-sick Toddler after a long day of running around and appointments. To my surprise, Kid's eat free from 4-10pm! One small concession for the day.
Thursday came around and Little Guy had been 24 hours without a fever (thank goodness!). I checked with daycare to see if it was OK if I brought him in. The said yes. Little Guy had a good Wednesday, no fever all day - acting normal - seemed perfectly fine. I was happy to be back to work and not exhaust the rest of my sick days.
Then... I received a text from the daycare provider in the afternoon. Little Guy threw up ALL over the place during nap time!!!!! AHHHH!!! He doesn't normally throw up at all, even when sick. He didn't throw up earlier in the week, so this was out of nowhere. No clue where that came from. What was totally gross is, the daycare provider decided to share the gory details with me and send me pictures of Little Guy with throw up all over him. Why oh why would she do that?!! I have a horrible gag reflex as it is. It's not like I was questioning if he indeed threw up, she didn't have to give me a visual. Ugh. What's wrong with people?
Things that sucked about the timing of his new stomach sickness: 1) We were supposed to leave for a trip today (Friday). 2) I thought our hotel was non-refundable (I was thinking, more $$ down the drain!). 3) My poor sick baby!! :(
I pick him up from daycare and he's so pale! He's a white boy as it is, so being pale - he was almost the color of his hair. Ugh. The drive from daycare to home is only a 15 minute drive... and when we were right around the corner from our house, he throws up in the car!!!!!! OH NO!!!! My poor sick baby is barfing all over the place and screaming at the top of his lungs. I can see him in the baby mirror and I can't do anything about it, as we are in the middle of the road.
When we finally get home, it turns out I got locked outside of the house! I was in such a rush to get him, that I didn't grab the house keys. Which is normally not a problem, since we park in the garage and enter the house through the access door connected to the garage. However, I just installed these baby-proof latches on my doors. Apparently in my haste to get Little Guy, I inadvertently slammed the door, which made the latch lock! I was locked out.
Here I am, in my garage - with my toddler in the car - with throw up all over him - and I couldn't get in the house to get paper towels.
Luckily my neighbors have a spare key and they were home and able to come over and unlock the front door for me. While I waited for them, I used tissues and wipes that were in the car to wipe him down and get him out of the car seat without causing too much of a mess (or causing myself to gag!).
Things started to get a little bit better after that, I tossed the car seat pads in the washer, called the hotel (from a suggestion of a friend) to see if I can cancel my reservation. Thank goodness, they were able to cancel the reservation with no penalty! I called my friend's that I was planning on meeting this weekend and let them know I couldn't make it. This sucked. I've been planning this trip for awhile now and was really looking forward to it. But, there's no way I could do the long drive and risk getting stranded somewhere in the middle of nowhere if Little Guy got sick while we were on the road. Not to mention, it wouldn't be fun for either of us to go if he wasn't feeling well. Plus, he could get my friend's kid's sick! <sigh>
I tried giving Little Guy something for dinner, putting him on the BRATS diet (he was asking to eat). But then he threw it all up. No fun. He ended up going to sleep really early after having a "cleansing of barf" bath.
Today is Friday. My normal daycare is closed today. I had already reserved backup childcare through my company and a Nanny is at my house watching Little Guy, while I work. He doesn't have a fever today. I gave him a little bit of breakfast, which seems to be staying down. He's not 100% himself, but he's hanging in there.
To sum things up on my craptastic week:
- The NTT for Cycle #4. Which led to needing to pay for new IUI cycle and more donor sperm.
- Sick toddler with Temp high of 103.
- Scrambling to make my RE appointment considering sick toddler.
- Tire punctured and having to purchase new tires.
- Throwing up toddler in car!
- Throwing up toddler in house!
- Having to cancel our fun-filled weekend plans :(
- Did I mention throw up?
Here's to hoping the 3-day Labor Day weekend is non-eventful and that Little Guy gets better.
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