Jake's First Christmas

Santa almost had to visit Jake in the ER. I had taken Jake to the doctor on Monday because he had a horrible cough. The doctor finally gave him some medication. We left town on Tuesday for my mom's. By Wednesday Jake had gotten worse. Finally, that evening, we decided to brave the small town ER.

It was one of the worst days of my life. After basically laughing at me for bringing my baby in for "cough and congestion," they did nose swabs, throat swabs, drew blood and took x-rays. We had to basically restrain Jake. It was horrible. I was crying. He was screaming. He just kept looking at us like, "why are you letting them do this to me?" After they drew blood out of his little arm he was so angry. His hands were shaking and he kept making grunting sounds. I didn't think he would ever forgive us.

ER doc reported back that Jake had RSV and strep. They had to give him a shot of penicillin. He hated us for that too. But, he's much better. After a couple of days he was back to his normal, happy self. He had a follow-up visit to his regular doctor this past Monday. He put Jake on breathing treatments, and that has really seemed to help the little guy.

It seems like things never stop. The cycle just keeps starting over with some new problem. If it's not one thing, it's another! We were able to get some good pics on Christmas Day with Jake and his new toys. He was kinda sorta into it. He got a small, foam basketball and once he opened that...that's all he seemed to care about. It wasn't the ideal "first Christmas", but in spite of the drama/trauma, it was still fun.