Sometimes it's the small things...

that can turn a bad situation into something hilarious! Pres has had an ear infection and we've been doing the medicine battle for about 5 days. It has been a loooooong five days and the other night after bath, Pres was hiding from me in order to not take his medicine. While hiding and screaming "NO" in the closet, he found this bathing suit for Ashlyn next year. He wanted to put on the bottoms and because I was so frustrated I decided to put it on him and take as many embarrassing pictures as I could. Years from now, I will bring these out-maybe for a first girlfriend-and will feel no shame because I will remember how tired I was this night!

As a small disclaimer and in Preston's defense, he did realize this was a bathing suit and wanted to put it on to go swimming!

Two more words...

Preston's sick!

A final verdict...

...it's roseola. His rash didn't spread to his legs as it would have with measles. Now we just have to wait it out. He's contagious now, so we are having to lay low for the next few days. The good news is that Pres is on the mend. He has been sleeping like he's never slept before lately! Today he took two 2 hours naps!!!!! He's already rubbing his eyes again, so it looks like it will be early to bed tonight. He's still not really eating, and it is starting to make me nervous. I am offering him whatever I can to get him to eat...seriously today I made cinnamon rolls to tempt him and he wouldn't touch them. At least he is still drinking fluids. We are adding formula to his milk so that he can get some nutrients.

That's about all from the Dean household today, I hope you all are having a great start to the week (despite the rain!)

Roseola or measles...we'll find out for sure tomorrow.

So...we went to the doctor today because while Pres' fever is waaaaay down, (99.5) he has this rash all over his body. The pediatrician thinks it is roseola which could explain the high, high fever with no other symptoms. She said it could also be measles and wants to see him tomorrow to double check. Since he is coughing now, if it is measles, then they want to make sure that he isn't at risk for pneumonia! All of that difficulty for vaccinations, and he could STILL have measles! Good grief!!!! He got sick from one trip to the Orlando Science Center. Needless to say, if you live in the Orlando area, avoid the Science Center for a bit. If it's measles, then my doc said she would call and let them know. Either way, it is super gross because both of these diseases can be spread like the cold.

The good news or at least the good news according to my pediatrician is that once he has either one of these viruses, he's immune for life. Sure...like that makes any of this better....NOT!

We have a sick little guy :(

Sorry it's been a few days since an update. Pres is sick. It's the first time he has been really sick, and it's been a doozy. He has had a consistent fever of 103-104. We've been to the doctor, had blood tests, and even gotten a second opinion. The consensus is that they can't figure out what is the cause of the fever. We are to give him medicine to keep it down, keep him hydrated, and then just wait it out. If it lasts more than a week, then we have to go back to square one. We are on day 4. Please join us in prayer that his fever is gone before Tuesday. He's been up every hour and we are all VERY tired in the Dean household. He hasn't eaten any food for two days, but the nurse who is calling daily to check on him says that as long as we can get fluids in him, then for now, that's the best we can do. I have some cute new pics of he and Pete that I will get up as soon as my young guy is feeling better.