I haven't been able to keep up with the blog lately because I've been taking care of a sick baby. For about a week Cooper had a slight fever and wasn't acting like his usual self. On Tuesday Dec 1 (which happened to be my parents 25th wedding anniversary) he was feeling hotter than usual so we took his temperature; which was 103.5 We gave him Tylenol and let him sleep, then Wed the 2nd we took him to see his Pediatrician.
While in the waiting room we noticed a little cold sore looking lesion on the left corner of his mouth. Upon examining him the doctor found tons of little "cold sores" on the back of his tongue and throat, and determined it was Hand Foot and Mouth Disease. Unfortunately there isn't any medicine for him to take. He has to just wait it out. On Saturday night my parents were watching him and he wasn't doing very well at all so my mom took him to see a 24 hour doctor who sent him to the ER because he was afraid of Cooper getting dehydrated. The ER doctor said Cooper wasn't dehydrated but to make sure we watched the amount of fluids he was taking. He also concocted some medicine for Cooper to dip swabs into and rub in his mouth to numb it, and gave my mom some liquid Loratab to help him sleep, along with recommending he alternate Tylenol and Motrin every 3 hours.
Cooper was pretty miserable for an entire week. He couldn't drink anything because most juices have Acid which burned his sores, he couldn't eat anything because his gums were incredibly swollen and it hurt his mouth to chew. He walked around all day asking to be held and spent hours just laying in my arms zoned out. He also took naps with me on my bed and fell asleep on my chest like he did when he was a newborn. He would lay there whimpering and it broke my heart because there was nothing I could do. Fritz and I thought about taking him back to the doctor on Wednesday 9th but we noticed some improvement in his fever and overall appearance so we decided to wait it out and see if he continued to improve.
As of today he is doing a lot better! He has regained most of his appetite and is able to eat and drink most of his normal foods. He's also begun to run around and play like his usual self. Now he just needs for these sores to go away and he'll be the Cooper we all know!
Cooper's poor mouth. (No that isn't a bruise on his cheek, I dropped my camera and it has that dot in every picture now, it just shows up on Cooper's skin really obviously.)
The red in the back is all little sores. He was a big boy and stuck out his tongue to show me though.
I was trying to get him to say "cheese" so I could see his swollen teeth but he started crying like he was being tortured and that resulted in this. You can see his bottom teeth are pretty small looking because the gums are so high up.
I got him to laugh so this one you can see the top part being swollen.
While in the waiting room we noticed a little cold sore looking lesion on the left corner of his mouth. Upon examining him the doctor found tons of little "cold sores" on the back of his tongue and throat, and determined it was Hand Foot and Mouth Disease. Unfortunately there isn't any medicine for him to take. He has to just wait it out. On Saturday night my parents were watching him and he wasn't doing very well at all so my mom took him to see a 24 hour doctor who sent him to the ER because he was afraid of Cooper getting dehydrated. The ER doctor said Cooper wasn't dehydrated but to make sure we watched the amount of fluids he was taking. He also concocted some medicine for Cooper to dip swabs into and rub in his mouth to numb it, and gave my mom some liquid Loratab to help him sleep, along with recommending he alternate Tylenol and Motrin every 3 hours.
Cooper was pretty miserable for an entire week. He couldn't drink anything because most juices have Acid which burned his sores, he couldn't eat anything because his gums were incredibly swollen and it hurt his mouth to chew. He walked around all day asking to be held and spent hours just laying in my arms zoned out. He also took naps with me on my bed and fell asleep on my chest like he did when he was a newborn. He would lay there whimpering and it broke my heart because there was nothing I could do. Fritz and I thought about taking him back to the doctor on Wednesday 9th but we noticed some improvement in his fever and overall appearance so we decided to wait it out and see if he continued to improve.
As of today he is doing a lot better! He has regained most of his appetite and is able to eat and drink most of his normal foods. He's also begun to run around and play like his usual self. Now he just needs for these sores to go away and he'll be the Cooper we all know!
Cooper's poor mouth. (No that isn't a bruise on his cheek, I dropped my camera and it has that dot in every picture now, it just shows up on Cooper's skin really obviously.)
The red in the back is all little sores. He was a big boy and stuck out his tongue to show me though.
I was trying to get him to say "cheese" so I could see his swollen teeth but he started crying like he was being tortured and that resulted in this. You can see his bottom teeth are pretty small looking because the gums are so high up.
I got him to laugh so this one you can see the top part being swollen.
Oh my gosh... Your poor little boy! I'm so glad he's starting to feel better. That looks and sounds just awful. Poor Cooper!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! I am so sorry to hear that. That does look painful. It sucks when our kids are sick are there is nothing we can do about it. I am glad that he is doing better. Thank god that it wasn't anymore serious.
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