Poor, Sick Mason

While we were in Ennis, Mason started getting sick. On Friday, he spent the day with Matthew, Aunt CC and Granna while I was at the hospital. Matthew called and said he was acting fine, but that he was starting to get a bad cough and we should watch it. By the time I got back to Ennis on Friday night, Mason was already asleep, so we just had to wait to see how he was the next morning. We woke him up at 10am on Saturday! He has never slept that long, and we knew something was wrong because he wasn't happy to see us like he normally is. He drank some juice but after he finished it, he just climbed in my lap saying "mommy i hurt". I had no idea what was hurting him though. We went ahead and all went out to eat for lunch because the roofers were repairing Donna's roof and it was LOUD. Mason acted okay, but didnt eat and sounded like a 70 year old smoker when he coughed. We got back to Donna's and he fell right to sleep, so Matthew and I left for Dallas to go see baby Sophia. We found out that 30 minutes after we left, Mason woke up screaming and Donna held him the whole time we were gone. When we got back around 6, Mason had just sat down to eat a baked potato and literally 2 minutes after we walked in he threw up all over his food! We threw the food out, but he didn't want us to make him another one. He spend the rest of the evening in one of our laps (usually daddy's) and we put him to bed.

Sunday was worse. He had a fever, cough, runny nose, no appetite and literally laid in someone's lap ALL day long. He would go in and out of sleep and when he was awake he would just cry. It was so sad, I think Donna and I were both about to start crying!

Of all the times for Mason to get sick like this, Matthew was going to be working out of town all week. The plan was for me to drive Mason and I back home on Sunday, but he was so miserable, I didn't want to get on the road. Monday morning, Mason woke up crying and cried while I loaded the car and cried for me to hold him for about the first 30 minutes of our trip. I was crying right along with him, I felt so bad that I couldn't hold him, but I wanted to get us home and to the doctor. He calmed down and watched movies the rest of the way home. We got into the doctor and found out he had RSV and an ear infection. We got some medicine and off we went.

The last few days have been a blur. On Tuesday morning, he was playing a little and acting better, so I thought we were on the mend. By 4:00 he was crying again and saying "mommy hurt" again. Mason is not a crier, so hearing him cry like this tells me he must feel awful! He laid in my lap until around 8:00 when I got him to bed. His fever has been spiking at night (the highest 103.8) and he still hasn't eaten anything. There is nothing worse than seeing your baby sick and knowing there is nothing you can do. I'm glad that I have gotten all of this extra snuggle time, but I am ready for my energetic 2 year old to come back! We are both exhausted and ready for Daddy to come home on Friday!

This is how we have been spending our days

This was on Monday. I had gone to the bathroom and when I came back he was asleep like this.

Waiting at the doctor.

Hopefully soon I will have some happier pictures of our little man!!