Wednesday, May 4, 2011

In Which Connor Is Very Sick

I hate to say it, but if tomorrow isn't a drastic improvement over today I'm pretty sure we're heading in to the hospital. 

Again.  Apparently we're aiming for about once a month right now.

Today was seriously not a good day in Connor Land, though.  He spent pretty much the whole day drifting in and out of sleep and periodically waking up to cough, throw up, have a seizure, or break out in chills.  He was also running a fever despite the Tylenol.  This is either the flu or it's some other bug doing a remarkably good impression of the flu.  At any rate, the little guy had eight seizures today while on Ativan and I had to do mouth-to-mouth on him three times. 

Which means, by the way, that I am more than likely now infected with whatever Martian Death Flu bug Connor has managed to pick up.  And if his flu shot didn't help him out with it, mine probably isn't going to be any more effective.  I can't wait; it looks like so much fun.

Anyway, if it looks like he's going to have a similar day tomorrow we'll be hauling him in.  The only reason we didn't take him in today was that the seizures finally started tapering off in the evening.  I'm not so much concerned about the flu itself-- and if that is what he's got there's not really anything they can do about it anyway-- but I am concerned about the number of seizures he's having despite being on his emergency seizure med.  The average case of flu lasts between four to ten days, and if he's going to continue to have that many seizures we need him in the hospital where they can give him more powerful doses of antiepileptic drugs. 

In the meantime I'll keep dosing him with Tylenol every four hours around the clock, we'll keep him on a constant feed to keep him from getting dehydrated, and we'll see what tomorrow brings.

~Jess

9 comments:

The Henrys said...

Can Connor have Motrin? If he can, then you can alternate Motrin and Tylenol so that he is getting a fever fighting medicine every two hours, instead of every four. Lots of times when my kids are sick, they need both meds to keep the fever down.

I hope that helps and I really hope he gets better soon. Thinking of you all...

leah said...

Jess, I am saying a prayer for Connor. I truly hope he breaks through this round of virus-attack without having to head to the hospital.

Get well SOON, Connor!

Julia O'C said...

There's such a loss for words when this happens. Please know that we're thinking about you guys, and praying for a speedy recovery.

gloria said...

Ditto on the alternating Motrin and Tylenol. It's definitely worth a try. I hope he's feeling better soon (and that you don't catch the nastiness). Miss you guys.

Julia said...

I'm so sorry to hear it. Best of luck today, and I hope he snaps out of it soon.

Niksmom said...

Sending good thoughts and prayers for good health your way.

Jess said...

Unfortunately Connor can't have Motrin because he's on a low-dose aspirin regime. But it was a good thought.

It's about eleven in the morning here and he's just waking up. Hopefully this means his body is taking all that extra sleep time to heal. So far so good, as far as today goes.

Thanks for the well wishes, everybody.

Anonymous said...

Is there any possibility he can stop the aspirin when he's sick and take the motrin?

krlr said...

Saw your update in the comments so hope things continue to improve... thinking virus-less thoughts for you all.

 
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