Minor Illness

After James made it through the holidays without any illness or hospital stays, we mistakenly thought we were in the clear. If there is one thing that James is really good at, it’s keeping us on our toes. He started to come down with a little something last weekend.

Last Saturday he slept most of the day, which is one of his usual signs that he is not feeling well. Sunday morning at 2 am, his body must have had enough sleep, because he woke up. Stacy got up and laid with him in his bed trying to get him to go back to sleep, but he couldn’t. At 4 am she gave up trying and decided to just get him up and take him out to the living room to watch some TV.

Monday morning, he seemed okay. He even helped mom with his breathing treatment.

And then Tuesday night the fever showed up:

Wednesday morning the fever was gone?

Notice how I put a question mark after gone. It was like, what the hell? How do you go to bed with a fever, and wake up the next morning with no fever? Either mommy is that good, or you’re just messing with us kid. Like I said, he likes to keep us on our toes.

In case you are wondering, the thermometer that we use is a smart thermometer from Kinsa Health that connects to your phone. We no longer need to write down or remember what his temperature was if the doctor asks.

His fever has been gone since Wednesday and hasn’t returned. We’re not sure what that was about, but with the cold weather we’ve been having in Chicago, James might have just been saying “screw this, if I’m sick, I get to stay home where it’s warm!”

A Surprise Gift

Prior to this little illness, life was normal. On Monday, the 11th, he went to school and came home with a gift for me. James has a weekend journal for school where Stacy writes notes about what James did over the weekend. She had said that we celebrated my birthday, so they made me a little something for James to bring home to me.

Thanks little dude! I will have to find somewhere to hang it up.

AFOs and Eye Doctor

That Friday before he got sick, he went to pick up his new AFOs (ancle foot orthotics) and then saw the eye doctor. The eye doctor was so pleased with his eyes that James doesn’t need to go back for another year.