sick round 2

ugh. i hate winter.

kiah woke up monday morning hacking like a smoker and it made me a bit concerned. we took a trip to the dr monday afternoon, and he was happy to report it was just a common cold. kiah was pretty happy in the office so the dr wasn't too concerned but said it was good we had come in to rule out a repeat performance of RSV. okay great, just a cold.

okay not great, as the poor kid has gotten worse and worse each day since then! he fortunately is still sleeping at night, which somewhat suprises me. yesterday was not a good day. his nose started running AND his top four teeth are coming in so in addition to him not feeling good his mouth hurts too. you could tell he was miserable but there wasn't a lot i could do for him. he took a horrible nap in the morning because he would wake up everytime he coughed, and then cry because it hurt. the afternoon was better but he spent the hour before, during and after dinner yelling/whining/crying. needless to say i needed a glass of wine by the time he went to bed.

this morning he looked waaay worse than yesterday and wouldn't let me put him down. he threw up mucous (i'm not talking spit up people, he threw it up) not once but twice, fell asleep in the ergo and then took a nice long 90 minute nap. he's currently down and out for the count on nap #2, but nap #1 seemed to have left him in much better spirits so i'm hoping for another helping of that post-nap this afternoon.

i feel terrible for him as there isn't much i can do to make him feel better. one bonus? my normally sweet but NOT snuggly little boy has been snuggling up a storm :). here's hoping we kick this cold to the curb as we leave for palm springs in less than a week!