Three

It's been a bit of a rough week here in the Iaco house...

It started with Jackson waking up the day before Thankgiving with what sounded like croup.  He had a fever, too.  We were immediately blacklisted from all Thanksgiving festivities the next day.  He still had a croupy cough the next day, and by Friday he was still coughing (but it didn't sound croupy, just more like a regular cough).

Friday also brought a new problem: diarrhea.  Poor kid was a mess.  He doesn't often have intestinal troubles, but when he does, there's sure to be a diaper rash that accompanies it.  Usually, some sort of zinc oxide medication (like Desitin) works wonders on his little bum, but this time, nothing was giving him any relief and by Sunday, it was a full-blown catastrophe.  I made 3 trips to Walgreens on Sunday trying to find something to help him.  It was later that we realized he likely had a yeast infection.

I took him to the doctor on Monday and a yeast infection was confirmed.  By that point, we had started putting an antifungal on him and were told to continue that.  It was working, but not very well.  That night, I had a friend with a lot of experience in yeast infections in little ones give me a concoction of medications (mix 1 part each of antifungal cream, Vaseline, and Desitin, and smear it on him like frosting).  Within 24 hours, that infection looked so much better!

Just when we thought he was on the path to recovery, yesterday (Tues), he developed a fever again in the morning.  It was gone in the evening, but still left us discouraged.

With all this going on, Jackson's sleep patterns went haywire.  He was waking up multiple time in the middle of the night looking for comfort.  It's now 5am and he's been sleeping all night--the first all-nighter in about 3-4 nights!  YAY!

His birthday party is on Sunday, and I'm confident he'll be healthy by that time (not sure about what he'll be eating as I've had him on a very strict BRAT diet for the past 3 days).  I've developed a cold as well (and why not?) but I'm fighting it with every drug in my arsenal.  Gotta be healthy for the big day!  Plus, I'm doing all the cooking, so I have no choice but to be healthy.

Keeping all fingers crossed.....