A "first" we weren't expecting!!

Well, last night South Main did a parents night out and Justin and I were going to use this time to celebrate our Valentine's Day a little late. Well, that didn't happen! Evan got sick Friday morning about 3:00. After that he was fine. We got up and we're fixing to leave for school when he said he didn't feel good. Yep, he was sick again. Or he would have been had he had anything on his stomach! So, Justin went ahead and took Emma to school and I stayed home with Evan. I figured he had the dreaded stomach bug going around. He played and watched tv all morning. He even ate a few crackers and drank some Pepsi. It was all he would agree to since he couldn't have his milk. He fell asleep about 11:30 and slept until 2:30. He got up and ate some more crackers. About 3:30, he got sick again and started running a low grade fever. It was like 99.6 or something like that.  Well, we decided to take him to the doctor to be sure he didn't have the flu. I had signed up for sandwiches for the parents night out so since I had to take them anyway...we let Emma go ahead and participate and headed to the doctor with Evan. We waited and waited! Doctors Care is the slowest place EVER!!! They finally called us back. Evan's temp there was still right around 100...nothing to high for kids especially since he hadn't had Tylenol. So, they did the dreaded nose swab and left us to wait again. The doctor came in and was acting so strange. She wouldn't even go near Evan. She told us he had tested positive for flu strand A & B. She proceeded to tell us how concerned she was with this because there was a high mortality rate in kids who tested positive for both strands. She said that we needed to take him straight to the ER so they could start him on iv's and treat him further. She was going to call and tell them we were coming. I did good until we got outside and I started crying. I felt like she was telling us there was a good chance he could die from this. We called my mom...no answer, we called my dad...no answer, we called Katie...no answer, we called Matt...no answer. Finally we got Alison. Someone had to go get Emma! We arrived at the hospital and the waiting room was full of people. I just knew we'd be waiting for hours. We told them why we were there. They gave us a mask for Evan and made us sit in a secluded area away from the other patients.  Evan started crying saying his stomach hurt. So yes, he started throwing up in the waiting room. There wasn't anywhere for us to go! Thankfully it wasn't a lot and the girl was already coming to get us to take us back! The nurses came in and started taking his vital signs and Evan kept saying I want to go get Emma and go home.  I was still crying and I look over to see Justin on the phone and his eyes were all watery! That made me even worse! I can't even begin to tell you how scared we were! Just that morning we had been talking about the child in Laurens dying from the flu...so I know that was on Justin's mind just like it was on mine. The doctor came in and said he wanted to retest him and ordered a cheat X-ray. He kind of acted like the doctor at Doctor's Care had over reacted. So, they gave Evan some zofran to keep him from getting sick, they gave him some Tylenol and we waited for then to take us to X-ray. Evan did really well during the X-ray considering he was not a fan of this hospital. Once the X-rays were confirmed to be okay, the doctor came back in. Evan only tested positive for strand A. He said we had caught it early and that with Tamiflu he'd be better soon. So, they gave us a prescription, they dismissed us, and we headed home. We did take one picture to document this first!!

But it was only after we knew he was going to be okay!! My mom ended up calling before Alison got to far into Greenwood. She got Emma and took her home for us. So at 10:30 last night...Justin and I were eating take-out at our table at home with Evan sitting right there with us. Emma was already asleep. So, it wasn't a romantic dinner out for Valentine's but since we then knew our baby would be okay...we were okay with our Valentine's dinner. We prayed a lot during all that and thanked God A lot for protecting Evan!!  It still makes me a little teary eyed to think how differently that night could have gone! So, yes that doctor may have over reacted and cost us who knows how much for a trip to the ER but for my baby...it was all worth it!! He's now back to his normal self and is playing.   Emma is still going strong with her princess attire! I wondered what she was doing in her room so quietly and this is what she came out looking like.

Princess Emma!

We are sooooo blessed to have these two kiddos!! So, this was our first trip to the ER with them and I hope we never go back!! :)