Saturday, November 26, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Poor baby
Rylan had a rough time this past week.
This is him on any normal day:
This is what he did all week:
He had a fever and was really tired but that seemed to be it.
Then, just when we thought he was getting better he spiked another fever. Not only that but he got this weird rash that came out of nowhere. So we took him to the doctor. Because of the rash the doc wanted to run some tests so we went to the lab and the little guy got poked.
Fast forward to later that day(Saturday). The doctor called and some of his blood work came back abnormal. He wasn't sure why so he called the pediatric rheumatologist (Rylan's rash was on his joints) who suggested we head to the ER.
So we dropped Acadia off with the sitter and headed downton Boston to Mass General where they have a pediatric ER. This is where the real "fun" began. They ran more blood work, gave Rylan an ultrasound, and even had to give him a catheter so they could run a urine culture. Rylan was a trooper for all of it.
No one could figure out the rash so they admitted him for observation. As a parent it's tough to see your child sick. But to see them sick and have multiple doctors tell you they don't know what it is is kind of scary.
They started Rylan on antibiotics just before we left the ER as a kind of precautionary measure.
On Sunday we learned that Rylan's urine came back with bacteria in it. Basically that means that he has a urinary tract infection. His counts still didn't make sense with that diagnosis, but he seemed to be getting better with the antibiotics so we kind of just let it go.
Rylan was starting to smile and play again and even enjoy chilling in his hospital crib.
Since he was doing better, they let us go home yesterday. Rylan was able to get his IV out so he's just getting regular antibiotics now. And we really don't know what was wrong. The answer we got was this...Rylan had a virus earlier in the week and got better. He must have just had some bad luck this week and then got hit with the bacteria infection.
Once he's better, we'll be getting his blood work tested again. If it's normal, we have nothing to worry about. If it isn't, then we'll have to do some more tests to see what the real culprit is.
For now though, we're just enjoying having our little boy back smiling.
This is him on any normal day:
This is what he did all week:
He had a fever and was really tired but that seemed to be it.
Then, just when we thought he was getting better he spiked another fever. Not only that but he got this weird rash that came out of nowhere. So we took him to the doctor. Because of the rash the doc wanted to run some tests so we went to the lab and the little guy got poked.
Fast forward to later that day(Saturday). The doctor called and some of his blood work came back abnormal. He wasn't sure why so he called the pediatric rheumatologist (Rylan's rash was on his joints) who suggested we head to the ER.
So we dropped Acadia off with the sitter and headed downton Boston to Mass General where they have a pediatric ER. This is where the real "fun" began. They ran more blood work, gave Rylan an ultrasound, and even had to give him a catheter so they could run a urine culture. Rylan was a trooper for all of it.
No one could figure out the rash so they admitted him for observation. As a parent it's tough to see your child sick. But to see them sick and have multiple doctors tell you they don't know what it is is kind of scary.
They started Rylan on antibiotics just before we left the ER as a kind of precautionary measure.
On Sunday we learned that Rylan's urine came back with bacteria in it. Basically that means that he has a urinary tract infection. His counts still didn't make sense with that diagnosis, but he seemed to be getting better with the antibiotics so we kind of just let it go.
Rylan was starting to smile and play again and even enjoy chilling in his hospital crib.
Since he was doing better, they let us go home yesterday. Rylan was able to get his IV out so he's just getting regular antibiotics now. And we really don't know what was wrong. The answer we got was this...Rylan had a virus earlier in the week and got better. He must have just had some bad luck this week and then got hit with the bacteria infection.
Once he's better, we'll be getting his blood work tested again. If it's normal, we have nothing to worry about. If it isn't, then we'll have to do some more tests to see what the real culprit is.
For now though, we're just enjoying having our little boy back smiling.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
The hat
Acadia has a new favorite hat. She got it shortly after she was born, but she's only now able to fit into it. She loves it so much that most days it's on from morning to night. Sometimes she even sleeps with it.
Now if we only could get her to want to put her coat on.
Now if we only could get her to want to put her coat on.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Fall Fun
Here's a little taste of what we've been up to the past few weeks...
Playing at the park after a hike...
Playing at the park after a hike...
"Helping" pick tomatoes at the farm...
Chillin' at a music festival...
Relaxing in bed...
Checking out a neighborhood street fest...
Being too cool to smile...
Enjoying Sunday afternoon...
We love fall!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Photo catch up
After I looked at the camera, I realized there were a bunch of bunch of pictures that needed to be posted. I'm being lazy and posting them all together.
Hiking in New Hampshire...
Rylan chillin' in his carseat...
And in his Bumbo...
Acadia and Keaton going for a bike ride while back home a few weeks ago...
Acadia after bath time...
Rylan smiling away...
While working on strengthening his neck...
Potty time...too funny not to post!
Hiking in New Hampshire...
Rylan chillin' in his carseat...
And in his Bumbo...
Acadia and Keaton going for a bike ride while back home a few weeks ago...
Acadia after bath time...
Rylan smiling away...
While working on strengthening his neck...
Potty time...too funny not to post!
End of Summer Weekend
It's really starting to feel like fall here so we took advantage of it last weekend and had some fun.
We started out by apple picking. We've been to this farm before and it's perfect for kids. There's animals, picnic tables, and apple cider donuts. Guess which one were the favorite?
I thought it would be fun to have an "end of summer bbq" when we got home. So we all went outside, ate some hot dogs and baked beans, and completed it all with smores. Of all things, Acadia didn't really care for the smores. Instead she just ate the chocolate out of it!
We started out by apple picking. We've been to this farm before and it's perfect for kids. There's animals, picnic tables, and apple cider donuts. Guess which one were the favorite?
I thought it would be fun to have an "end of summer bbq" when we got home. So we all went outside, ate some hot dogs and baked beans, and completed it all with smores. Of all things, Acadia didn't really care for the smores. Instead she just ate the chocolate out of it!
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Birthday and Baptism
Here's some pics from last weekend's festivities. It was great seeing everyone and we hope you had as much fun as we did!
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