Poor Babies

This has definitely been a rough week and a half for our family. It seems like on sickness after another is after us. Last week Daddy had shingles, Monday evening Kayda had a fever and was throwing up, she got over it by the next day foruntately, then Wednesday Dillon had a fever and was throwing up and now Dillon has "hand, foot and mouth disease". Basically he has mini-ulcers in his mouth which make it hard for him to eat/drink/sleep/be happy. Daddy is the one that made Dillon's comfort possible. Wednesday night Dillon was pretty much awake until about 3am and then woke up about every hour after that until he got up for the day. Yesterday he barely ate anything, was incredibly crabby and couldn't even stay asleep for his nap. Last night Dillon was screaming almost constantly (he was VERY difficult to calm down at all). He has been getting harder and harder to comfort. Finally at 2 in the morning, with Dillon unable to go to sleep, Daddy decided that it was WAY too far off of Dillon's normal behavior. Normally he's the easier baby to put to bed and even if he's sick he can sleep most the night and he would still be in a relatively good mood. So Daddy took him down to the hospital to figure out what was wrong, not just for Dillon's obvious discomfort but for our sanity as well last night was the third night of practically no sleep in a row. Turns out it was good that he went. The doctor was able to figure out the problem immediately and they gave us a medicine that pretty much numbs the inside of Dillon's mouth. They couldn't give us anything to help fight it off but at least Dillon can do the things he needs now. When they got home at 4 Dillon wasn't even asleep but didn't protest laying down to sleep at all. Dillon slept until 11 this morning! I am SO glad that Daddy decided to take him to the doctor, even if it was in the middle of the night, it never even occured to me to go in. Dillon is feeling so much better and maybe tonight Daddy and I will be able to recover. Hopefully he didn't get the other kids he's been around sick.