X-rays...Second Edition

It's been a long couple days! Bryce first came down with a fever on Tuesday morning. On Thursday night Bryce's fever spiked to over 103 degrees. After calling on-call, we were told to head to the ER because the nurse didn't like the sound of Bryce's breathing. Once in the ER, a chest xray was taken. While we were awaiting results, Bryce completely perked up (motrin must have kicked in) and was smiling and waving. Mark and I were both certain we were wasting everyone's time and that in fact, Bryce was really okay. The doctor came back with a diagnosis of pneumonia. Bryce was given a shot of a hefty antibiotic and we were discharged an hour and a half later with an antibiotic to fill the next morning and instructions to see our pediatrician on Friday.
Waving bye-bye! We were all ready to get out of the ER!

On Friday afternoon, Mark took Bryce in to see his pediatrician. On this day, Bryce had some unexplained swelling and the doctor was concerned and sent Mark and Bryce straight to the ER. Meanwhile, I'm at work in Muskegon and get the call from Mark that I should head home and meet them in the ER. Once I finally arrived, Mark and Bryce were in ultrasound. Once they got back, Mark filled me in on the details while we awaiting the results. The swelling turned out to be nothing serious but the ER doc wanted to continue to monitor Bryce as he was extremely irritable and uncomfortable. After a 2 hour nap, Bryce woke up still fussing. The doc came back in and then thought his belly felt hard and ordered an abdominal xray. Minutes later, the lab came in to draw some blood. Finding a vein on a little boy who has barely eaten anything in days proved to be difficult but once the needle was in, eventually they got the blood they needed. Once calmed down from that, it was time for the xray. The xray showed that Bryce was very backed up. Two suppositiories and a couple hours later, we were finally discharged at 10:30pm with instructions to go back to the doctor on Saturday morning. 8 hours in the ER in a room with no windows, a small TV, and a little boy who could not be put down, made for a very long day!

The visit Saturday morning included Alyssa who had been running a low fever and had been congested for 2 weeks. She was diagnosed with an ear infection. Bryce checked out okay at the doctor, his belly felt better but we were told that his blood work had showed Bryce had elevated liver enzymes. He had a low fever on Saturday but we were sent back home and were told to come back Monday morning for a follow up.

So that takes us to today...Bryce has no fever today but is still extremely uncomfortable and congested. The doctor believes he has viral pneumonia as the antibiotic has not seemed to be working. So, we just need to wait this out. We need repeat blood work later this week to find out what's going on with his liver enzymes. So, lots of rest and we'll see what Thursday brings! Prayers are appreciated!


Our sick little boy in the ER on Friday.