Gingivostomatitis

Our sweet little Crockett had his first real sickness this past week. 


It started with a little cough and congestion on Monday. 


On Tuesday afternoon Crockett refused his bottle. 


On Wednesday he refused every bottle. 


On Thursday morning I called the doctor to see if they had any suggestions. The nurse said it could be related to the congestion. She suggested offering Pedilyte in a sippy cup and not to worry about the milk. She said to bring him in if he had a fever. WHAT?!?! Don't worry about the lack of milk?!?! Ok. Fine. I tried but deep down I was concerned. 


Late that afternoon our little guy had a fever of 102. It stayed this high even with Tylenol all night long. He was up 3 times. I called the doctor's office at 8:00 am on the dot. I was able to get him an appointment for 1:15. 

I waited patiently while my little love bug slept all morning. While he was awake he had shivers and blue lips but was super hot to the touch. Scary. I had to wake him to take him to to doctor. I HATE waking a sleeping baby!!


The doctor diagnosed Crockett with Gingivostomatitis. "an infection of the mouth and gums that leads to swelling and sores." 


Crockett had red bumps on his tongue and one larger blister on the back of his tongue. No wonder he didn't want to suck on a bottle. Uh!


The doctor said he would likely run a high fever for 2 more days and the virus would take about 7 days to run it's course. Awesome. 


He said we could try giving him Gatorade in a syringe or in a frozen popsicle. Our biggest concern was keeping him hydrated. At this point he had not had a wet diaper in 24 hours.


The doctor said to take him to the ER if we noticed him being lethargic and his skin clammy and doughy. If the fever was still present on Monday we should take him back to the doctor. Ok, sounds like a fun weekend! 


Friday night Crockett's fever spiked to 103.3. Poor little guy was on fire! We were able to keep it down to 101.5 with Tylenol. 


He slept until 9:00 am on  Saturday. He usually wakes up at 7:30 am.


Thankfully he would eat baby food like normal. And he would take about 5 syringes of Gatorade at a time.


Crockett wanted to be held all day on Saturday. He and I cuddled on the couch and in our bed while watching cartoons and Baby Einstein. He fell asleep in my arms on our bed for about 1 hour. Then he woke up when I tried to move to go to the bathroom. Of course! 

The fever slowly went down on Saturday. By the time we put him to bed last night we could tell he was feeling better and his temp was 98.9! Woohoo! 


This morning Crockett had no fever and HE DRANK 8oz of MILK IN A BOTTLE!!! 


Our little guy is feeling much better! He took a 3 hour nap this morning, he is clearly still recovering. We are on the mends and hoping to be back to normal by mid week. 


The kid has a big birthday to celebrate in 13 days!!