Sick Babies

Wow! When it rains it pours. We started out last week with Jimmy being sick, just lathargic and feverish. Kept saying he had a boo-boo in his mouth. I noticed a little blister, but didn't think too much into it. I kept trying to get him to let me see his teeth. The waking up screaming in the middle of the night and whining was the 1st sign that it could be teeth. Well..........he had 4 molars coming in.

Starting Thursday night Donnie wasn't sleeping either, it was every hour if not more frequent. I would go and get them settled and get back in bed and one of them would be crying again. So, we started w/ the tylenol. Didn't work!!! The next day we found teeth in Donnie's mouth as well and Jimmy still telling us he had a boo boo. Come Saturday, still no sleep, Donnie was running a good fever, 101. That is another sign of teething, so didn't worry too much until lunch. He was crying and rubbing his tongue. I had him open his mouth and his tongue was lined w/ white blisters all along the edge and his tongue was white. I called my mom who is a retired nurse and she thought maybe it was Stomatitis. I did some more research and the symptoms matched. After his fever persisted and they weren't eating or drinking I immediately called the Dr on call and found that it was Stomatitis. The only thing we could do for them is to spread a mixture of benedryl and malox on their tongues. YEAH RIGHT! Try doing that to 3 year olds. He said that it generally lasted 5 days and we were on day 6 with Jimmy and day 4 with Donnie. We continued with the advil/tylenol/motrin with no luck. After 8 days of no sleep or either sleeping on the floor w/ the boys or in seperate beds w/ the boys they are finally over it! YAY!!! It was the hardest thing ever. No sleep, them crying in pain and nothing helped. They lost weight bc they couldn't eat. Just terrible.

We are blessed to say that they are back to themselves and into everything again. LOVE IT! Wouldn't trade this for anything. I felt terrible for them, but we made it through and they are doing fine.