Today was day five of Aaron being sick and struggling with fevers that would spike to 104.5, lethargy, stomach aches, and not really eating. I decided that it was time to call the doctor and see what in the world was going around. They told me the flu and strep throat. I said, "well, he doesn't have strep cause he is complaining of his stomach hurting and not his throat." They also told me that the flu was lasting a full 7 to 10 days with some patients experiencing post flu symptoms for up to 2 weeks after the 10 days. So, I decided to just call the doctors office back and schedule an appointment and boy am I glad that I did! The doctor was also suprised at the results. She thought for sure that he had the flu. He has strep throat! So, she gave him a big shot and hopefully he is now on the road to recovery. She also advised me to throw away all of our toothbrushes after 24 hours and get new ones. Tonight my husband was complaining of a sore throat. This time we will not be waiting 5 days. Tonight Aaron did go to bed with a high fever and chills. I hate using Motrin, but that is when I do use it. Thank you for the prayers for Aaron and I am so thankful that we went to the doctor and he got a shot. Hopefully the road to recovery for him is just around the corner and his appetite will return. Five days of not really eating is not a good thing.
These two pictures were taken today just after bringing Aaron home from the doctor. He is smiling because he had just finished a sucker from the doctor's office. This was the first smile I had seen in five days. Emily insisted that she get a picture too.
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my kids ALWAYS throw up when they have strep... go figure! (a sure fire way to know is to look at the roof of the mouth, there should be red dots forming a circle or a donut shape) if they have the red dots then it's strep!! Glad he's got meds to get better now!
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