Crazy Couple of Days

Well the last few days have been a rollercoaster I must say. On Monday night Mason felt a little warm so we took his temp and it was 99.4 and he was just kinda fussy so I was giving him Tylenol but wasn't to worried at that point then on Tuesday he just seemed to be getting worse on Tuesday afternoon his temp was 100.5 so I took him into the pediatritian's office to be looked over everything looked good but at that point his temp was 102 so they ordered labs. It is so hard going here just because they are not used to poking kids that often let alot heart kiddos with really crappy veins so it took 4 arm/hand pokes, a heal stick and a scalp stick to FINALLY get the blood they needed. The pediatritian on call called me that night with the results and said his white count was lower than normal and his CRP was a little high so he wanted me to take Mason back to him on Wednesday to be looked over again, me being the worrier that I am I called his cardiologist Wednesday morning to let him know what was going on. Before I took Mason into the pediatritian his Cardi called back and said if the doc can't find a reason for the fever that looking at the labs and symptoms he wanted us to take Mason to Primary's ER after the doctor, well there was nothing obvious that was causing everything so to Primary's we went. We checked in at 4pm. Mason was super fussy and they would just tire out so fast, he hated everyone that walked into his room regaurdless if they touched him or not. They sent him to chest xray first and that came back that he had gained some fluid pockets but still nothing that would cause the fever and labs. The longer we were there the worse Mason started to look after a little while they had to put him on 2 liters of oxygen which is a lot for a baby his age. After 7 hours in the busy ER (we think they had a trauma come in) they came in and said they were going to admit him to the floor. They needed to start an IV and do some labs. So after 8 hours we went up to the CSU for the night. I finally got Mason to calm down and go to sleep at 1am. During the night they were able to bring him down to 1 liter of oxygen. First thing this morning they took him for a sedated Echo to make sure his heart function was still good and then a CT scan of the chest to make sure his Sternal infection didn't come back. While he was sedated they were able to come down even more on his oxygen! When he got back to his room he was pretty tired still and they were kinda thinking that they would keep him another night to make sure he was eating and awake okay. Well he woke up great and ate a bottle but they were still thinking of keeping him but after talking to them we came to the agreement that we have all the oxygen supplies at home and he is simply happier at home so they decided that they would let us bring him home after they got the results back that the echo and CT scan were good. His fever is gone now too. He is back on oxygen but they are not sure what caused this little crazy minute. All the viral tests came back negative so who knows, but as soon as we got home he was so happy! He is still not 100 percent but I'm sure he will get there faster here at home than at the hospital. We have to see his pediatritian tomorrow and next week then see his cardiologist in a few weeks. We laughed thinking he maybe thought he missed all his nurse friends but when he got there decided that he really didn't like them after all, it's nice to have some humor and something to laugh at in these situations. We hope he doesn't decide to miss them again anytime soon! We are so happy that he is okay and that this was just a minor thing in his heart journey. Thanks for everyone for keeping him in your prayers and thoughts! We are glad to all be home together!♥