Our day-before-Thanksgiving turkey meal went off without a hitch...until the hitch! In the late afternoon Rowan starting acting grumbly, and he had a 101.5 fever. I called his doctor and we rushed there to make it for the very last appointment of the day. This ongoing battle with fevers had her concerned, so first they pricked his finger, and upon finding a high white blood cell count, they had to catheterize him to check for a bladder infection. After that was negative, and having no other identifiable source for the fever, they had to draw blood from his arm to do a blood culture. :( I'll spare the details and say that the doctor's visit ended with a simple prescription for antibiotics, but not before bringing tears to Mommy and baby along the way.
The great news is that once we got home, dinner was served, Rowan's fever was down with Tylenol, and we all had a lovely evening! Rowan enjoyed eating his first Thanksgiving dinner (last year he wasn't on solid food yet).
Here's another Thanksgiving treat for you: Rowan's first handprint turkey!
Oh, and I think I've mentioned before that we are so thankful for the quality of medical professionals we've encountered during the times Rowan has been sick. Last time we were at Rowan's regular doctor and had to go to the hospital for a chest x-ray, the pediatrician called us after 9pm to check on Rowan and tell us the results of the x-ray. Today while we were sitting down to have a little lunch, the phone rang and it was the pediatrician again! She said she was on her way to her Thanksgiving celebration and had Rowan on her mind and she just wanted to call and make sure he was doing well. And, remember back a few weeks ago when we had to go to the urgent care on a Sunday and that pediatrician called us late in the evening from her cell phone because she wanted to check on Rowan? It's overwhelming. I suppose it's possible that pediatricians everywhere are so caring that they call from their personal cell phones to check on a patient, but I doubt that. I think it's a combination of the awesome doctors we get, plus the fact that our little boy charms everyone he comes into contact with!