Strep Throat

Strep throat is no friend of the Johnsons'.  Apparently the awesome playroom I shared pictures of Tripp playing in sent a little friend home with us..  Tuesday evening Tripp started running a low grade fever and by Wednesday evening it was a nice 102.8.  So we called and got him in with the pediatrician the following morning and we he woke up that morning, no fever. Typical, right?! Well about an hour after Josh got home with him, the fever came back.  So I called the ped. to let her know and we started him on an antibiotic that afternoon.  Late that night, his fever spiked to 103.  I went to rock him in the living room and he vomited like the exorcist.. he scared the mess out of me and Josh b/c we have never seen him like this before.  It was pretty much awful.  Luckily, his body reacts to Tylenol fairly quickly.  So we gave him a dose after rinsing him off in a luke warm bath.  It came down about 30 min later..  So we all went to bed.. and the next morning, the fever reared its ugly head again at 103.3 and again, vomiting came with it.  During all this, his fluid intake has been minimal so at this point we're starting to worry about him getting dehydrated.  So we went back to the ped office to try to check his urine. While we were there, she checked him all over again and this time his throat was red. So she did a rapid stress test and it came back positive... it was faint, but that was because he had received 2 doses of his antibiotic.  Thank goodness it was positive b/c it saved the poor guy from having to get cathed.  So we decided to leave him on the antibiotic so it covered the strep and whatever else his li'l body was fighting off.   He hasn't run a fever since Friday night, but he's still being pretty picky about what/when he was wants to eat or drink.  Rice cereal, yogurt, and gerber fruit puffs are the only things on his menu right now.  He went back for a re-check today and everything is looking good!  However, he got spoiled having me or Daddy home for 4 days in a row and pouted with his sitter most of the day.  He wouldn't take his snack or drink from her, but if she sat it on the table or carpet and walked away.. he would go straight to it.  If his little attitude continues to grow with him, we are in for some serious trouble when he becomes a hormonal moody teenager! :o(  But thank the Lord, he's bouncing back pretty quickly from this! 

Tubes

Tripp got tubes placed in his ears this morning at Wolfson's Childrens Hospital in Jacksonville.  So far, this is the quickest surgical procedure he has had. I think Josh and I were in the waiting room for maybe 15-20 minutes before they came to take us back to the recovery area.  Tripp did really well! Since the procedure was so quick, he was only under for a short period. He didn't have to get an IV or be intubated, so recovery was smooth unlike other times.  It was nice to see him awake when they brought him back and not still groggy, thrashing, crying & desatting.  I'm so glad we went ahead with this and didn't wait any longer.  Dr. Sprecher said there was fluid in both ears and it was thick like glue. :o(   We follow up with him in a month and Tripp will have a hearing test done that day.  We can already tell a difference b/c he's reacting to really loud noises slightly different now and has been babbling non stop since we got him home! :o)    Thanks for checking in on him and for all the prayers that are lifted up for him!   Here are some pictures of him playing in the waiting room this morning!