Our Sick Lil Cowboy

Every time Preston gets sick I am reminded of two things....1) How blessed we are to have such wonderful nurses and doctors that take good care of him and 2) How tough our lil cowboy really is.
Yesterday Preston started shivering and crying during swim lessons. If you're on FB or have talked to me recently, you know how much he absolutely LOVES swim lessons. So, needless to say, I found it odd and took him out of the pool. As soon as he was in the car he fell asleep. Then when we got home he only drank half of his bottle before falling asleep (while in the midst of crawling over to me). Once again I found this odd because Preston loves his bottles and only sleeps in his crib. But I tiptoed around the house, trying not to wake him. When he woke up and I picked him up that's when I knew something was wrong. He was so incredibly hot that it was almost too much to hold him! His temp was 103 and not going down, despite the cool bath and fever reducing medicine. His pediatrician said it was most likely a virus and he'd see him in the morning. But his fever kept going up. So when it hit 104 Rob and I decided to take him to Pediatric Urgent Care.
We were surprised to see Preston's regular nurse there when we walked in. She took one look at him and knew something was wrong because he was so lethargic. The doctor gave him a thorough examination and said he most likely had roseola, a virus that has been going around for the past few weeks. She said to keep giving him meds and to expect a rash to break out on his back once the fever breaks. The thing I liked best about this dr was that she called not once, not twice but three times to check up on Preston! She also gave us her personal cell number so we could call her at any time last night if things got worse. He was so tired that he almost fell asleep when giving him his 2nd bath. But he was having problems sleeping so I finally went in the nursery and slept with him. Other than me waking him up at 2am to give him more meds because he was on fire again, he slept well.
This morning when I took him to his regular pediatrician, Nurse Julie immediately asked how he was. She said she went home worried about him last night. Dr. Althoff re-examined him this morning and confirmed what Dr. Hendrickson had said....roseola. The good news is that he'll be able to celebrate his 1st birthday on Saturday (unless his fever doesn't go away by Friday). The bad news is that he's contagious for 72 hours so that means no last swim lesson tomorrow and a lot of last minute shopping for his party on Thursday and Friday. But, if that's the worst of it we'll survive just fine. After all, we have one tough lil cowboy we're talkin' 'bout here!