Burnin' Up

On Monday night of last week I noticed Joshua felt really hot, so we took his temperature and it was 101.4.  We gave him a little Motrin before bed and didn't think too much about the fever since he had a cold.  At 10:30 that night he woke screaming and would not settle down.  His temperature at that point was up to 102.8.  By Tuesday morning it was up to 103.6 and Tuesday evening it was up to 105.4, even with giving him Motrin every 6 hours.  He was lethargic, trembling, and looked miserable.  Being that the ground was covered in snow the Raleigh area basically shut down, including our pediatrician's office.  We called the nurse line and were told to bring him in to the ER so that someone could check him out.  I was pretty much freaking out at that point.  Joshua has really never had a fever in his short little life.  Hours later and after lots of poking and prodding they decided it was a viral infection and sent us home giving him Tylenol and Motrin.  The fever finally started subsiding Thursday afternoon, but he still was not acting like his normal happy self, so my mom came up on Friday to keep him so that I could go back to work.  All of this on top of Pop Pop leaving us and having his funeral and stuff, last week was a tough week in the Taylor household.  We are fully recovered now, and life is back to normal.  We are so thankful that our little boy is okay and nothing was seriously wrong with him.  BUT can I just repeat.....105.4, that was crazy!

Side note.....the snow was beautiful at our house!!  We did dress Joshua warmly and take him outside for a short photoshoot.  The pictures were cute, but he was miserable.  We just couldn't let his first snow get by us without documenting it!