Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Pnemonia + Birthday = NO FUN!

I'll try to give a quick run down of the past week. Last Monday Cade woke up with a fever of 104.5. It didn't get much better and by Tuesday afternoon he was screaming from stomach pain. In talking to the pediatrician they thought the pain might be from his appendix. So we went to the ER and and after a couple of hours we found out he has pnemonia. Apparently with pnemonia there is a lot of inflammation which can cause stomach pain, nausea, etc. The doctor showed me his chest xray and his right lung had a huge white area where the pnemonia was/is.I have to say, this kid is pretty tough though. He didn't even flinch when they started the IV in or the two separate times they drew blood. He was in the hospital for 2 days and had some great people take care of him. We also had some great people from the ward and Heath's work and family and friends take care of us. Thank you all SO much!

Unfortunately, Cade wasn't feeling all too great on his birthday, which was Saturday. He asked Brooklyn to open his presents for him while he watched with no excitement at all. Maybe we'll have to rewrap them when he is feeling better. He is going back to the doctor today because he still has a temp. of 103 that won't seem to go away. I guess it will just take some time!

4 comments:

KMitchell said...

Poor Cade- that is horrible. We will be praying for him. He is such a trooper!

JoEllen said...

Oh man! What a bummer. We hope Cade is feeling back on top soon. What a great big sister to open all his presents for him. :) I'm sure Brooklyn was more than happy to help. Hopefully everyone is on the mend soon!!

Celeste said...

I'm so sorry!! Its so hard to see your child sick. Glad that he is doing better. We'll keep you guys in our prayers

Rifle Fam said...

poor guy. hope he's feeling better soon!