Hospital Visit

Yesterday Caleb laid down for a nap about his normal time of 9:30 or 10 and he would normally sleep for about an hour. Well, around 12:30, we finally woke Caleb up and he had a fever of 102.1 so we gave him some Tylenol, blamed it on his teething, and he seemed to be a little better. Around 4 we laid him down for another nap because he was obviously very tired again. I went in to check on him around 5 and he was burning up. His fever was up to 104.1 so we got him up and tried to figure out what to do. He seemed very twitchy and shaky and was also having a lot of trouble breathing...very shallow breaths and brief periods where it seemed like he held his breath for awhile. So we called the doctor's office answering system and then waited for a call back. Shortly after that, he had a minor episode where it appeared that he stopped breathing for maybe 30 seconds. Being scared after his similar seizure episode a few months ago, we picked up and took him to the ER. They gave him Motrin when we got there, then when we finally saw a doctor a couple hours later, she did a strep throat culture and a chest x-ray. His fever was still at 103.8 so they gave him more Tylenol and after awhile he was starting to feel a lot better. The strep was negative, but the chest x-ray showed a little bit of haziness that the doctor thought looked like the first stages of pneumonia, so they started him on an antibiotic and told us to continue alternating Motrin and Tylenol every three hours for the next 24 hours to keep the fever under control. By the time we left the hospital, it was down to 101, and as of this morning, it is holding steady at 100. We're praying that he will get over this quickly and start feeling better soon. It's sad because he wants to be his normal, rambunctious self, but he really needs to rest and he screamed when I laid him down for a nap, but he was practically asleep by the time I walked out of his room and got 30 seconds away. We appreciate your prayers for him.