A Really Sick Boy

A lot has happened since I posted last but I must record this event so I can later come back to it and realize how blessed we are. This last Wednesday Dallin was to leave to Philly as part of the plan. Well that was a crazy morning trying to get ready and finalize things when suddenly Blake started just freaking out...Dallin took his temperature and it was at 106...without hesitation we took him to the dr. At this point I was already freaking out because Dall was leaving in a few hours and I was going to be left by myself with a really sick boy that had no insurance for the time being we are in the middle of moving and are trying to get a plan out in Philly...Blake was finally seen and we were told that he had hand, foot & mouth disease...the dr. took a strep test and it came back negative. She couldn't really figure out why the fever was so high. We were sent home with instructions and were told to monitor his fever and go back in if it got any worse. WELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Dallin left to Philly and sure enough Blake got worse waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay worse.....that was the worst night of my life. He started screaming like crazy telling me really weird stuff...he was delirious and burning up....I took his temperature and it read 107.8 I totally lost it...I went up to wake up my mother-in-law she put Blake in the tub and I called the dr. One of our good neighbors happened to be awake and kindly gave Blake a really sweet blessing. I felt terrified my baby's eyes were going back, he was shaky, and totally hallucinating we took him to the dr. and at this point they were really questioning if he even had the disease this seem like something else. He was given some medication, he had a Popsicle, we put cold rags on him, and try to give him water....the dr. suspected a UTI because of the high fever....after the medication his fever at the dr's office went down to 106 after a couple of hours of observation they did bring it down to 102 The dr. took a urine sample and told me that she wanted to order some labs soon. She was hesitating cause we were self pay and had no insurance. Well so far everything has come back negative. Blake's fever has gone up and down like a roller coaster. His dr. told me that its one of the highest fevers she's seen in a while. She is surprised that he didn't have seizures. He is a really strong boy. When I got home I poured my heart out to the Lord and pleaded with him to pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee help my baby. I would do anything obviously the medicine wasn't working too well....He got another blessing and his uncle commanded the virus to leave his little body...He is doing a lot better today...his fever its been going up and down but to reasonable numbers its staying at about 102. I haven't slept since Wednesday but I am soooooooooooooo glad that my baby is doing better. I'll never forget this experience and I am so glad to have the priesthood in my life. I'm greatful that my mother-in law was there to help me and my kind friend Liseth was so willing to be there for me. I can't believe this had to happen when his Dad was in the East Coast. NOT COOL!!!!!!!!!! at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still don't know how the pioneer moms burried their babies along the way...I guess I'm a weak human being but it had to be them cause the Lord knows me well and he knows I couldn't do something like that.....Please pray for him we still never found out what was going on with him they still think its viral......Thank goodness for the priesthood and a kind Heavenly Father who hears our prayers :) I learned a very valuable lesson NEVER BE WITHOUT INSURANCE OUCH