Well, now that we have our inaugural visit out of the way...Ben made an appearance at the Toledo Peds ER last night. We ended up deciding to go to the ER when Ben woke up around 9:30 last night with a strange cry, a fever and labored breathing. The doctors and nurses at Toledo were very good and we were seen quickly. Ben was a very sad little boy. He had to get a chest x-ray (which was honestly the most tramatic thing for me). Ben wasn't a huge fan of the rectal thermometer (can you blame him?!) But not long after the chest x-ray, he started to get better. The nurse gave him Motrin when we got there, and that was bringing the fever down. Ben was diagnosed with a virus that had caused the fever. And to cope with the fever, Ben was basically panting like a dog which to me, looked like labored, shallow breathing. But, in the end, we left the hospital around midnight with Ben happy and playing and talking again. He and I stayed home today to make sure he was fully recovered, which he appears to be. These pictures were taken after he started to perk up. We thought we should capture the first (of presumed many based on family history) ER visits.
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