Today we were a little paranoid. But we’re ok with it. Better safe than sorry.
Middle of the night, Stephen had a low grade fever of 100.2 and a little redness around one of his incisions (where chest tube #2 was). For the past 24 hours, he has been a horrible grump. Occasional crying and constant complaining. Loudly. Nothing really seems to make him feel better – food, naps, love, or Tylenol with codeine.
So we called the nurse practitioner at Children’s Hospital and they said they would take a look at him. Which they did. And they didn’t see any cause for concern.
His fever went away quickly, but the complaining continues.
I guess I’d be complaining too if I just had open heart surgery. And constipation. And new teeth coming in.
Poor boo.
I wouldn’t call that paranoia I would call that being cautious and wise.
My biggest regret is that I just KNEW that something wasn’t quite right when we first got discharged. I mentioned it to the nurses but allowed them to brush aside my worries and look where that got us.
So glad to hear that Steven is doing better and HOME!
seriously! boo!