boo update
Nolan is better than he was but he is continuing to get fevers which we are treating aggressively with motrin. Aggressively means as soon as he reaches 100 we give him something to bring it down; normally I wouldn’t be so fast to treat it but my psyche can’t handle another seizure so soon.
He seems like his normal self, good appetite, active, silly, loving but a touch more fussy than usual. The Doctors have done some blood tests and a urine sample to rule things out. Some of the tests are still pending but some of the blood cultures came back negative for bacterial infection so we may be dealing with some unknown viral infection. He is on antibiotics for a possible UTI. At this point I am hoping that it is a UTI so we have something we can treat rather than a mysterious fever source.
Some fun news. We have begun signing with Nolan. The main ones we use are “thirsty” and “all done”. I started with those because they are the only ones I knew at the time. We are starting to expand now that Aunt Fab (who is now officially an OT!) gave me a book of signs for kids. Since Nolan is on the low end of his speech development it has been a relief for everyone for him to be able to communicate. He is pretty quick to pick up the signs which is fun to watch. He will pull out the “all done” sign when he doesn’t want his diaper changed or more recently at the doctors office when the nurse came in the room.
Will post more when we figure out what is going on.
Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 7:47 am
This is a great idea. Soon he will be able to pass test answers across the classroom without needing those pesky little pieces of paper that can get you in trouble.