Sick Babies

Well the past few days have been ROUGH!!! I have no clue what it is like to have 1 fussy, sick baby, but let me tell you...2 fussy, sick babies is exhausting! The girls were not quite themselves all day Friday, but around 5:45 pm, they were super hot to the touch. When we got out the thermometer, Lilly read 99.8 and Lexi read 100.9.

These are 2 little girls who have never had a fever and always hover around 98.4 or so...so we freaked out. The triage nurse told us to give them baby tylenol and give it an hour. If the temps were still high, get them to the ER. Well, Lexi's fever kept going up and Lilly's was stable for a while and then went up.

Needless to say, we went to the ER. If I have never mentioned it before, I LOVE our hospital. I wish King's Daughters could stay just the way it is forever, but that is another subject...

After taking vitals and getting a thorough exam by the doc, he determined that they had an ear infection. Thankfully it was in the beginning stages, so they gave the girls a shot of antibiotics to get it over with. Now, here comes the crazy part of the story...there were 3 nurses giving the girls their shots. Two nurses to hold each leg and give a shot in each leg, and the third to help out. At this point, the girls were 3 hours past their bedtime, so while they were still super sweet and smiley, they did not react well to 2 needles being inserted into their thighs.

After Lilly went, it was Lexi's turn. I was holding Lilly, trying to calm her down and Eric was holding Lexi's arms and face while she got her shots. I happened to be watching the needle in Lexi's left thigh just in time to see the syringe fly off the needle and antibiotic shoot across the room, squirting everyone but me and Lilly. Now the nurse didn't do anything wrong...it must have been a faulty syringe and it is the weirdest thing I have ever seen happen. Poor Lexi...that needle jolted in her little leg when it popped and it started bleeding. Then I notice Eric look nervous and start blinking a lot...

He calmly says to the nurses, "Now I do believe that I just got antibiotic splashed in my eye. Should I be worried?" He was chuckling a little. It burned for a few minutes, but they said he would be fine. He kept joking around that at least he couldn't get an eye infection for a while.

We ended up being there a little longer since someone had come in that they did not want us being exposed to...so we hung out in the room for about another 25 minutes and then got to go home. The girls were asleep by the time we got the car running. :)

I just hate having them feel rotten...they have been absolutely precious, even in their grumpiness. Today they have been all smiles in between the tears and mild fevers and we even spent the day in our jammies snuggling and playing. I hope they feel all better tomorrow!

Please pray that they are not dehydrated...I have given them sooooooooo much to drink that I do not know how that would be possible, but they are not peeing a lot, so I will be up all night checking on them. I will post some happy face pictures tomorrow, but until then....goodnight!!