update on sicky poo.

thanks for all your notes of concern, everyone.
i really appreciate it. it’s been tough.

sorry i haven’t been a fantastic fav to all of you.
it’s been a little hectic, as you might imagine. 

luke’s nausea seems to be gone. and the poops seem to be slowing down.
his diaper rash is terrrrrible. and, tmi probably, and he will probably hate me for this later….
because of how liquidy it’s been, it covers his balls and well….due to the sensitive skin there, there’s raw spots. he absolutely cries when i even get near it. we’ve been using wet napkins instead of wipes (because the alcohol in them burns) but even that doesn’t help his pain in that area. you should see how matt winces when he sees it…ugh.

while luke seems to be improving in some areas…..he’s getting worse in others. like, he suddenly has a ton of phlegm that seems to have come out of no where. half of it’s running down his face (through his nose, obviously), and the other seems to be stuck in his lungs or something because he is CONSTANTLY trying to cough it up. i’ve had phlegm balls shot at me (sorry, i should have just TMI warning-ed this whole entry). and once in a while he gags on it, which sets off a reflex and he barfs the most recent thing he ate. he’s not throwing up everything any more by any means….it’s just when he has a particularly bad coughing fit and gags, and it’s only the most recent thing that comes up (usually a liquid).

it’s been absolutely exhausting over here. this house has been battling sicknesses since christmas!!! it’s getting a little ridiculous. 

in the process of all of this, we have gone through just about ALL of luke’s clothes. it seemed like everytime we put something clean on him, he either puked on it or exploded through his diaper. while i was under the weather my mom took care of luke, big time, including doing a couple loads of his laundry. thank goodness for that….we probably would have run out!! the whole place is a disaster area, now. everyone was either too sick, or too busy taking care of us sick ones that almost nothing else got done. it’s insane.

matt took a sick day to help me out today. i’m soo thankful for that. yesterday when i was changing, like, the 10th diahrea diaper of the day and had to change luke’s clothes again, i said "i have no idea how i’m supposed to do this alone tomorrow". and of course, that was when i still didn’t feel 100% (i think i’m very nearly there now). but matt said he didn’t want to leave me alone, not only with the sick baby, but with the absolute mess and chaos that is this house. i will never stop being thankful for the many ways he saves me.

so, i’m supposed to check in with luke’s doctor today and update her on how yesterday went. though, i’m sure the hospital should already do that. (side note: when i took luke to urgent care 2 weeks ago, his doctor’s office called me on that monday and acted like they just wanted to know what happened – when i’m SURE urgent care already told them since they knew to call me anyway?? – and then they gave me a huge lecture on how the insurance companies get mad if we don’t go through them first and we should always try them before urgent care. how about, you just don’t want us giving someone else money?? don’t call me and lecture me on how to take care of my baby since YOU guys didn’t seem to want to the first two times i brought him in!!!! UGHHHH!!! sorry. i should have called it a side rant.). i’m wondering if she will want me to bring him in today. i’m really sick of doctors lately.

luke’s upstairs trying to nap, but he keeps getting woken up by choking on phlegm. i hate this for him. i just want my baby to be better 🙁