My Son the Virus Catcher

Jayden could be the toughest person I know. I know he is only three but so far he is not a whiner. I know this because if I had what happened to Jayden last weekend. I would have whined loud and hard.

Jayden did not though and you know why, it is not his style. On Friday Alison and I were discussing how Jayden had had a tough week at school and I heard him cough. I told Alison that Jayden might be S-I-C-K. Jayden has this tendency to be disagreeable with authority when he is not feeling well. I think that is because his barriers that he has up come down and he tells people what he is really thinking about them.

But that will be a discussion for another blog.

Anyway, Saturday Morning he threw up and then he and I went downstairs and watch the movie cars. That is what we do every time he gets sick. I thought he was feeling better by midday, but again I was wrong. Luckily Alison bought two new and very good thermometers on her way home from work. We tried it on him and not very well, (telling a 3 year old to keep it under their tongue even for 6 seconds is a chore). None the less when the thermometer said 103.5 we were in the car in 3 minutes. The place we took Jayden to was somewhat nonchalant getting him in to see someone, because once again, Jayden gave them the impression of someone "not very sick", and we must be "overly protective" parents. It was not until they got a temp of over 104 did they take our boy seriously. (This was after we have given him both Tylenol and Motrin dispersed correctly over the past 20 hours). They tried to cool him down and gave him some Tylenol and wraped cool sheets around him. It was the first time that I saw fear and tears from being sick in my sons eyes... That hurt bad.... It was the first time I held his hand helpless to be anything but a support.

The doctors came in and told us that we could interchange Tylenol and Motrin to keep the fever down... (really huh).

They gave me the "I am the doctor please do not do the parent diagnose thing" when I told him that he might have an ear infection. He said that not necessarily does it meant that because Kallee had one that Jayden would have one... Trying to tell the doctor dad that he was a little over his head. He looked in the ear and "low and behold" Jayden had an ear infection. Lets just say that I saw my son go for his ear earlier in the day so I may not be a doctor but I know signs.

So Jayden was happy because for some reason he likes going to the doctor and even though he hates the taste,, he is ready to take the "I sick, I need Medicine" medicine.

This week he even took a pen light flashlight and told Kallee to open her mouth and say ahh. As the ever trying to impress her older brother Kallee opened her mouth and said "ahhh". They are so bright.

So does this mean that I have a future doctor as a son... that would be okay only if he can sit on a curve and bang it into right center for a double.