Going, Going, Gone

Daddy had Drew day care duty on Friday since he was still contagious until lunchtime and couldn't return to Ms. Stephanie's. So rather than torturing everyone we kept him home.

It's no surprise that Drew is a stinker when it comes to naptime and bedtime. While in Daddy's care he finally succumbed to sleep while snacking on some fruit loops and watching a movie - on the floor!

Dave said he slept like this for about an hour - right on the living room floor. Guess all the extra food in the past 24 hours sent him into a food coma (he hasn't eaten much since Monday night).

Hey we'll take his eating and sleeping however and wherever we can!

Good news, he's cleared to return to day care on Monday.

Quarantine Lifted

At noon today the quarantine will be lifted - WooHoo! But that still means we have to keep him home from day care, as Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease is contagious for 24 hours after the fever breaks. His temperature was significantly less when Drew woke up on Thursday.

It did appear to be climbing some throughout the morning (he had the nerve to wake up at 4:30am), but by lunchtime he was completely normal. He remained normal the remainder of the day. There are still a few signs that his throat is bothering him, but for the most part he's improving.

So how do you like the makeshift bed? My co-worker Rachael let us borrow this really cool kids inflatable bed/sleeping bag. At first Drew didn't know what to make of it, but finally I managed to get him to enjoy his juice in it. Now if he would only fall asleep here, rather than our bed....

Perhaps there's hope of that now that he's feeling better.

Quarantined

On Monday night I picked Drew up from day care and he fell asleep in the car (he's apparently on another nap boycott). We easily made the transfer from the car seat to our bed so he could continue his nap.

He woke up absolutely miserable! He felt warm, and so I checked his temp... 101.5. So I gave him some Tylenol to bring it down, and made a call to Grammy to put her on standby that we may need her to keep an eye on Drew on Tuesday (Mommy & Daddy had meetings we couldn't miss).

Later that night, Drew & I fell asleep in my bed and around 11pm I woke up feeling nothing but heat coming from my bed-mate. The fever climbed to 103. Last time this happened Drew had Roseola and we panicked and went to ER. This time the much more experienced Mom in me decided to give him a dose of Motrin and wait for the Pediatrician to open the next morning.

Grammy arrived and helped us out tremendously by taking Drew to the Dr. One look inside his mouth, and another temperature reading (102+), and the diagnosis was clear... Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease. LOVELY! He's now quarantined to our house until the fever breaks in 3-4 days, and his mouth is filled with sores, that will likely spread to his tongue and beyond. Right now they're contained to the back of his throat.

So we're home-bound and Daddy & Mommy are rotating who's on "Drew Duty". Hopefully he'll be well enough to go back to Ms. Stephanie's by Thursday or Friday.

We're not clear where he picked it up, but suspicious about the kiddie pool we visited over the weekend or perhaps from a grocery cart (although we are good about still using the cart cover), but anything's possible. At this point it no longer matters... now just to cross our fingers that no one else at day care comes down with it....