On Sunday night, Smith woke up from his nap with a fever and complaining of head and neck pains. I called our good friends the Smiths (who are both in medicine) and asked them what to do…Sarah told me to bring Smith to her house for a quick temp check and exam. (We joke that the Smiths should charge a co-pay at their front door because it’s a revolving door of our friends and their kids with medical problems!) Anyway, Sarah called her hubs who was luckily working in the ER that night and he said for me to bring Smith in.
Side note: I am not a “take your kid to the doctor for every little thing parent”. To a fault, I am not! Kensington walked around with a broken arm for SIX DAYS before I took her to the emergency room. Sheaffer swears Smith had bronchitis last winter but I never took him in. I’m just not a medical worrier…if you met my mother, you would understand. We had to be bleeding from the eyeballs to get medical attention growing up :).
But lucky Smith, got to visit the ER…
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…and he had the BEST TIME EVER! This is him showing me his 4 stickers he received. He also got a green Popsicle, to meet 3 firemen, 1 police officer, 2 doctors, a nurse, got to watch the Lion King in his own private room and stay up way past his bedtime. He loved it! He was fine by the way…they wanted to make sure he didn’t have meningitis (because of the head/neck complaining) but he just had a mild ear infection. By the time Dicky came to check on him, Smith had already received a second round of Tylenol and was practically swinging from the rafters in his little room. He has already asked to go back to the ER several times.
I took two other really cute pics of his smiling face but Blogger isn’t publishing them and I’m tired of messing with it…just imagine his cute face :).
Thank you Sarah and Dicky for first of all, always taking care of our sweet kiddos and second of all, for giving Smith the time of his life.
Anonymous says
I immediately feel concerned when I see the title post… Thank God he is fine. Whenever I see Smith pics, there just seem to be like a glow around him, it is like he shine and radiates with the Lord's presence… I believe Smith has a huge destiny and calling ahead of him, this boy is certainly destined for greatness. 🙂
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Maureen W. (Maryland) says
I would say, "Poor Smith!", but it sounds like he had a fabulous time and made the best of the situation. Hope he is feeling better from the ear infection, though. I'm sure the mere suggestion of meningitis was terrifying for you. Glad everything worked out.
Nancy Jennings says
Poor sweet boy, but probably really poor mama….I know that when your kiddos are sick it is almost, if not harder on the mom than it is on the child. Not being able to "fix" it immediately is so hard. Hang in there – you are a wonderful Mom. 🙂
Tara G. says
There was a month we had our 3 kids in the ER 5 times- I was expecting some govt agency to schedule a visit! Glad your little guy is on the mend!
Aubs says
no fun but isn't it such a blessing to have friends in the medical field?!! we've got a couple friends like that and it is great! glad your little man is okay!
melanie says
When I did my rotation on the pediatric floor, I was amazed at the difference between it and the adult floor. They sure do take care of the sweet children 🙂 So glad Smith enjoyed his time! Praying he doesn't get to go back!