Pain and Discomfort

Brayden is finally over roseola!!  Last Thursday he had a fever. Russ called me and asked me to leave work and come home early. He was so worried and just didn't know what to do. I walked in the door and Brayden just cried out for me. I took his temp and it was 102.7 so off to the doctors we went. The Dr told me that he had a double ear infection and possibly the swine flu. He said that I just had to let it pass. That night his temperature reached 104. At this point I was so worried and stressed out I just didn't know what to do. After all, this is my first child so I'm basically learning as I go. I called my sister and my mom. Thankfully, my sister lives right upstairs from me and rushed down. We put cold wash clothes under his arm pits, groin area, and neck. He was just screaming and moaning. I just couldn't stand to see him in so much pain. I wanted to just take it all away and make him feel better. We finally got his temperature down to 102. The rest of the night was really rough. He just couldn't sleep nor could I. All I did was worry about him and if he was okay. Friday night his temp reached 105.2. I was in tears when I called my mom. I rushed him to the IHC ER. I waited about fifteen minutes for them to call his name. We went on back to have the nurse check him out. She says we have to get his fever down. She shoved Motrin down his throat while he was screaming!! I was really, really, upset by this point. When the Dr finally came in 15 minutes later he stated that he has the swine flu. He recommended that I give him tamiflu and just let it pass. His fever had gone down a little so we went on home. Every three hours I had to force him to take medicine to ensure his fever stayed down. Saturday he was still running a fever and was miserable. I was debating going to get his prescription filled or not. I have heard about all of the side effects associated with it. I decided I wouldn't get it.  I was thankful that his fever didn't spike back up that night. He slept for 13 hours straight. Sunday he started breaking out in a rash. Small little circles began to spread all over his body. I did some research and couldn't find anything that looked quite like it. I was then debating taking him back to the ER. I figured he was doing a little better so I would wait until the morning. Well Monday morning rolled around and they had gotten worse. We went to the Dr and discovered that he had Roseola. It only took a total of three trips! I was relieved and disgusted at the same time. Why didn't the previous Dr's run tests? They just said it's the swine flu and sent us on our way. For those of you who don't know what roseola is. It's basically a form of the measles. Fist off, the whole swine flu thing is totally overrated. I'm sick of hearing about it. Second, about 85% of Dr's do this just for the money. This was the first time my son had been this sick. It had to have been the most stressful, worry-some, and sad thing I had ever experienced. I had to watch my son go through that and I couldn't do anything for him. I hope there isn't a next time but I'm sure there will be. I will be prepared.