Follow up

This afternoon we went to the doctor for a follow up from Ryan's emergency room visit. The thing is, he is still sick. Very sick. He continues to run a fever, is not sleeping or eating. Grandma came to the doctor with me-thank God. They had to look at his ears, listen to his lungs and draw blood. Everything came back negative. His lungs are clear, he does not have an ear infection anymore, he does not have a cold and his white blood count is good. He has had a allergy test and nothing is showing up. The thing is that we cannot get rid of his fever and now he also has a diaper rash from the antibiotics. I just feel so bad for him. The doctor sent us up the street to do another chest x-ray. We are waiting for the results. Rex met us there, which was nice I hate taking him to get tests done. Mom and I were in the waiting room and we could hear Ryan crying through the walls. We are all home and he is in better spirits, now that Rex is home. I am just totally frustrated. Yesterday he seemed to be feeling better, but now he is just sick again. You are never too sick for a tea party with Papa. Hopefully my next post will not be about a sick kiddo!!!

Tea Party with Mommy

Yes I know that Ryan is a boy, but I think that it is important that he does other things besides playing with gender specific toys. Ryan has a baby doll and now a new tea set. So today we had a tea party. It was pretty cute. He was drinking out of the cup. He thought I was funny because I talked with an English accent. I was surprised how long I was able to hold his attention with the tea set. He kept putting toys inside the teapot and opening the lid. Ry is starting to feel better, he is still running a slight fever but he is definitely getting back to normal. I am just thankful that he is feeling better, it is so hard when your child is sick and you can do nothing to make them better. He is smiling more and actually playing. Love the socks??? The only time that Ryan's sock match is if Rexer gets him dressed. It is a Buchanan thing!!!!!

Well the plan was to be off to Montana, but since I am writing a blog you all know that did not happen. Quick recap. For what seems like forever our little guy has been sick. Translation about 6 weeks-we think. Last night I hit my breaking point. Ryan sat on the couch all day with fever. It ran between 101-103. He was supper snugly and cried most of the day. He woke up that morning at 2:30 am. We could not break the fever so at about 2 am this morning we drove to the emergency room. After a couple of hours, testing and everyone coming in the room to see us we finally got to go home with some peace of mind. Ry has some kind of infection/fluid around his lungs. It is not quite pneumonia, but it is close. He also has an ear infection. They gave us some antibiotics, a shot and sent us home. I was so thankful for the staff at the hospital, they were amazing. Thank God for good nurses that are nice and who care. Most of them know Rex, which helped out. We all crashed out in our bed and got some sleep finally. Rex and Ryan slept until 12. I called home and I knew our little boy was better when I heard he was eating waffles with his Papa. One of both of their favorite meals. By the time I got home from the store we were all ready to get outside, so that we did. Rexer worked in the yard and Ry and I played. He had lovely green snot coming out of his nose, but he was active and happy. It feels so nice to have an end insight to the never ending sickness that has been looming over the Orcutt household.

Fun Pictures from our

Here are some fun pictures form the past weekend. It was filled with yard work, Easter egg hunts, BBQ, birthdays and sunshine. Lots and lots of sunshine. I will let the pictures tell the story....