1st trip to the doctor for being sick!

We had our first trip to the doctor for being sick yesterday. First, I have to say how good has God been to us to have an almost 13 month old who's never needed to visit the doctor for being sick and has only had 1 small little cold with just a runny nose before! Unfortunately, the doctor was unable to help us make Denver feel better. I had this feeling before we went in, but I just didn't feel I could not go and take the chance of him having to be admitted to the pediatric floor of the hospital because of my own stupidity of thinking he just had a cold. Denver's examination was normal, which I had pretty much determined before we went to the clinic other than being able to see his poor little throat that seemed to be hurting. Denver more than likely has some sort of a viral infection and has been running a low fever since Saturday (it may have even started on Friday as that's when the cough started). He has a bad cough and a runny nose along with it and has struggled to have an appetite to eat and doesn't want much to drink. We've been up during the night the last couple nights. Today he finally has consumed a little more liquid which makes me feel better as his sodium level from the blood draw at the clinic yesterday was pretty elevated which can indicate dehydration. Denver did awesome during his blood draw yesterday. Unfortunately, they didn't get blood during the first poke to his little arm, so they had to poke him in his other arm. He cried and cried, but he was a champ and barely fought us as we held him down. He looked a little peaked and pale, but the rest of his blood work looked good, showing us he was not anemic or fighting an infection. Denver's been very clingy and we've been spending lots of time reading books. Thank goodness I have the next couple of days off from work so I can stay home with him and hopefully he'll be feeling better soon. We ask that you pray for our little guy as he fights through this icky cold and that God gives him the strength to keep going and drinking his fluids so we don't end up in the hospital with an IV. Also, please pray for Evan and I as it's been very hard for us watching Denver feel so cruddy and only being able to give him Tylenol and Motrin and to spend time rocking and reading books to comfort him. What a helpless feeling! We hope that this update finds everyone else HEALTHY and that you can stay that way through this Christmas season!

Since no blog can go without pictures, here are some pictures of Denver in the rocking-recliner chair that we barely move from.