Thursday, September 27

Sickness and... Nutella?

This week has been a...well, not very fun week. Ethan and Christian both got sick also, and Aidan never got better. We've had nights with very little sleep, and yesterday we had to take Aidan to the hospital to have a chest x-ray to find out whether he had pneumonia. His lungs looked clear, so they don't know why 6 days after he had steroids for the croup he has a fever of 103.7. And it's not going away. The doctor said if he is not significantly better by tomorrow (Friday) to get him back in right away. Let's just pray we don't have to do that!

However, one good thing is that after his nap today he actually wanted to eat. As always, he wanted a "cheesesanwich" and grapes. And then I introduced him to something he has never had before: a croissant covered in Nutella. Now, for those of you who don't know what Nutella is, you're missing out. It's basically chocolate in peanut butter form, and I was introduced to it in France. I had been having a craving for weeks, so I finally just went out and bought some. I spread Aidan's croissant with Nutella, and gave it to him. He got a really big smile on his face, and then leaned down and took a bite of it, without hands. Then he looked up at me and smiled. So I pulled out the camera and started taking pictures. He even had Nutella up his nostrils. And he enjoyed every minute of it!



4 people wanted to leave a comment:

Tyra said...

Hey Erin, we hae been visiting my family in WA for over a week now. Parker has been incredibly sick the whole time....fever up to 106 and basicallyonly coming down to 104 with motrin and tylenol
We have been in and out of the ER for severe dehydration, Parker hasn't eaten a thing and lost 2 lbs already. Throwing up and just looking ad acting awful.We finally got tthem to do severarl tests to find out what is going on. After 8 days of this I demnanded an answer other than a SUPER virus. Turns out he has a really bad kidney infection. So after they loaded him up with pain meds and antibiotics he is doing somewhat better.
Seems like all sorts of viruses are going around (thats what the docs kept saying) Hope Aiden gets better sooon!

Sarah Mickalson said...

I hope you guys all get better! I started to get a cold this week, just in time to move. But I am glad I don't have anything worse!

Liz said...

NOthing could be worse than being sick. I hope he is better and you didn't have to go to the DR. Sounds like I wanna keep my kids in;) HOpe you guys get better

Deneal said...

Yeah Nutella!! It's such a delicious food, i think we should all have as much fun eating it as Aidan did.