We went up last weekend to the cabin to celebrate Brogen's birthday, Nat's birthday and Jared's graduation. We were planning on some great weather, but I think the bad weather follows me wherever I go and it ended up being cold and even snowed a little Sunday morning. We spent most of the time inside the cabin which is fun anyways and we went to the tree swing for a while and even Brogen went on Jared's lap but I didn't get any pictures. Sara and Terron were able to come also and it was just a lazy relaxing weekend, well for everyone besides me and Jared that is. Friday on our way up there Brogen's nose was running a little and he was conjested but we kind of thought maybe he had allergies. He was a little grumpy but nothing terrible and he was refusing his bottles that day. When we went to put him to sleep that night he wouldn't take his bottle and cried a little but grandma finally got him to sleep. About an hour later he woke up screaming bloody murder and I could not get him to stop for what seemed like an eternity. This is so out of character for him but we figured he was just overtired and couldn't breathe. It was so sad to see him like that and he finally cried himself to sleep in my arms but when I tried to put him down he would cry. So me and Jared took turns holding him the entire night. It was rough but we knew he couldn't breathe and then he started running a fever. I was just really glad that I had brought the tylenol with me and we got that in him and he slept pretty good in our arms. The next day he was really cranky and having meltdown after meltdown over the silliest things. He wouldn't take a nap, he wouldn't take his bottle or his binky. We kept giving him tylenol but I have never seen him so miserable. Jared's family had a little party for him that day and he got spoiled all over again. These pictures are dark and kind of hard to see but he got a little splash table with a boat and a swimming suit and sunglasses. He loved playing with it and that seemed to cheer him up. I know he is going to love playing with it when we put water in there too. Camille made him the cutest truck cake and Grandma had decorated with balloons and a banner. Two 1st birthdays, what a spoiled boy!!!
I really wanted to just leave the cabin and get him to the doctor but he seemed better during the day and we just kept thinking he was stuffed up. When this happened before we had one bad night and that was the worst of it so we were hoping it was the same this time. That night when we tried to put him to sleep he screamed forever and I couldn't get him to stop. He was crying so hard that he was hoarse and hyperventilating. I was beside myself after about an hour of this and ended up crying with him. We finally figured he must have something more than a stuffy nose so we started another long night of taking turns holding him after he finally calmed down. The next morning we woke up to snow at the cabin. Snow in May, it has been crazy weather this Spring, and we got packed up and left after lunch. We took Brogen to the clinic that night and he had double ear infections, sore throat, and congestion. We felt so bad that we didn't just come home. We got him his antibiotics and a humidifier and prepared for another bad night. They gave us numbing drops to put in his ears and that seemed to help a lot. Jared held him until about 2 in the morning since I had to work the next day and then he was able to lay him in his crib and he slept the rest of the night and then it just got a little better every night. He has been such a good boy about taking his medicine and lays so still while we put the drops in, its like he knows they help him. He is still on the mend but hopefully in the next few days he will be back to normal.
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