Medical mysteries are not uncommon here in my family. If something weird is going to happen to someone, it will happen to one of us. Particularly Jacob. With his strange small start (ok my fault not his) it has not ever let up. Tonsils and Adenoids came out when he was 2, did that solve the sleep apnea???? Of course not, then came the MRI and discovery of his Chiari malformation. Brain surgery at the age of 3 and a year later yes it solved the sleep apnea and the throwing up on command and the persistent headaches! Playing with friends in a swamp and he comes home with a tick in his head, of course. Jumping on the bed with cousins he falls and hits his head on a mug, requiring stitches, of course. Rotavirus at age 9 months requiring a hospital stay, of course. The list goes on and on. This fall he had a strange infection on his finger, he told everyone it was a spider bite. After hearing about it from her kids my BFF called to make sure I knew what blood poisoning looked like because knowing Jacob he would have it, he didn’t.
So this brings me to this week. Sunday night he was running around the house with the other boys and falls and hits his eye on the vacuum. Not a big deal until he wakes up the next morning and still has a headache from it and maybe a little sore throat. I figure he is getting a cold and keep him home. Tuesday I send him to school and Jonah starts getting a running nose and cough. Tuesday evening Jacob does not feel good. Wednesday morning I make him go to school because it was project day with my friends and I HAD to finish something for Christmas (ok more like I had to watch my friends finish it for me, that is another story). I start feeling sick that day and realize I have a cold as well. Wednesday night he can’t stop coughing, Thursday morning he can’t stop coughing. No school Thursday. So Thursday night Jonah and I are feeling much better, just minor colds, but not Jacob. At 12:30 last night I woke up to him coughing and coughing and coughing and then him throwing up all while his nose is gushing blood. It was a wonderful 1/2 hour. He asked if I thought he could go to school today and I kept saying, yes you will feel better in the morning. Did he? No, of course not. He has a fever, can’t stop coughing and just doesn’t feel good.
Only Jacob would still be sick. He is such a sweet and independent child. I really really hope today is the last day of this.
2 comments:
so sad to read this. He is a darling boy. Get better soon
Sorry to hear. And I was going to let Luke call to see if he could play after school today. Guess not!
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