Sick baby

Declan had a rough week last week. He has been fighting a high fever of 104 degrees on and off for a month. He'd spike a high fever that would last about two days then go away just to come back within three days. This had been going on for over a month. I called the doctor who of course wanted to see him. He had two blood draws, urine test and a chest x-ray. They weren't sure what was going on but knew his little body was trying to fight something. His white blood cells were triple the norm and the blood test for inflammation was almost eight times higher than normal. He was given to big shots of an antibiotic and he responded right away with it. His blood levels started going back to normal over night. We were lucky our doctor let us take Declan home rather than put him in the hospital where he'd be in a strange place with nurses coming in and out to check on him. We were given strict orders to watch him very carefully for any fever or reaction to the medicines. They don't know where the inflammation was but the medicine helped. He had some kind of bacteria infection in his blood that was pretty much circling through his little body. He tried to fight it off but just couldn't on his own. He is now on another antibiotic for ten days. We caught it early enough that it does not appear to have attached to any internal parts. Of course as the mommy I'm still worried and nervous every time he feels a little bit warm. I've probably taken his temperature a hundred times. After a week I've finally been able to relax a bit. Here's a couple of pictures from the long day of tests and a couple of how he is doing now.
Sick Baby


Healthy Baby

Well I guess it's been a little longer than I thought sicne our last post. I'll have to get back to Christmas later for now here's a little about what we have been doing.
Declan is now 6 months old! He is 16 pounds 4 ounces (27th percentile) and is 26.5 inches (54th percentile). He has hit all his milestones right on track. He loves to watch his big brothers play and you can see in his eyes how much he wants to join in. He has just started trying vegetables and loves them. He gets so excited when it's time to eat. He is such a happy little guy.I'm looking forward to watching Declan and the big boys as he gets bigger and starts to crawl after them.


Liam started preschool in January. He wakes up everyday asking what day it is and is disappointed five of the seven days since he only goes on Tuesday and Thursdays. He is turning into such a big kid. He loves to give hugs and kisses to Declan and play with him. I often see him a step or two behind Tristan and Colin but does his best to keep up.

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Christmas Part 1 and 2

Our Christmas began with the Shockey family getting together. Uncle Jonathan, Aunt Jasonea, Sheridan, Waylon and Grandma Shockey came over for dinner and Christmas fun. Greg made a nice dinner of ham, broccoli, fruit salad, rolls and Uncle Jonathan brought Heather safe potatoes that were very good and dessert. He even found an ice cream that was Heather safe. Enjoy a few pictures from this day.




Christmas Part 2
Our next Christmas was just us exchanging gifts before our trip. Mommy and Daddy had things that were way too big to take on a plane so we decided to do an exchange the day before we left. The boys were able to give their presents to each other too.



We were in Washington for Christmas with Krista and her family. More on this fun trip soon.

I'm NOT Tired

says the little boy....

just five minutes later asleep snoring at the bottom of the steps.

Better late than never

Declan had his two month check up on November 11 and is growing like a champ. He is 10 pounds 5 ounces, (32nd percentile) 24 1/4 inches (90th percentile) and his head is 37 cm. (7th percentile;) . We are doing well on the MSPI diet even though he tested low at his appointment. That week I gave into temptation and had one of the big boy's chocolate from Halloween but now I have been following the diet and not cheating at all so his little tummy stays healthy.
We also had Declan baptised earlier this month. Pastor Steve Plank has baptized all four boys at the church where I grew up attending. After the service we had family over to the house. Declan and his cousin Waylon hung out together.

Halloween 2010

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