OMG!!! What a day I've had... Or maybe I should say, what a night I've had after my first day of work. Everything went downhill when my son started crying like something was hurting him and he started breathing heavily. At this point, I knew that something wasn't right because he wasn't laughing anymore and playing anymore. So, I checked his temperature and it immediately shot up to 101.9 degrees. This really scared me because he has never been sick like this and I didn't understand where it all came from. Then it dawned on me that he has 4 teeth coming down from the top and they haven't came all the way down... So, of course, I gave him some pain & fever medicine that his pediatrician prescribed to him and took all of his clothes off. He fell asleep after awhile and everything was peaceful until 2am... He woke up crying and extremely hot again, so I took his temperature and it was 102 degrees. I called the emergency hotline and they went through these ridiculous steps to really see if he's sick. I was very irritated because he was irritated and all I wanted is for them to tell me the quickest way of getting his temp back to normal. They advised me to give him more pain & fever medicine and keep minimum clothing on him. So, I did what the nurse advised me to do and he started playing and laughing again after an hour. He ate again and went back to sleep. I was completely out of it so when I felt that he was okay, then I decided to get some rest. 7:20am... I hear him crying again and this time I knew that I would have to take him to the emergency room because he had a high fever again. I took him to the emergency and arrived around 8:45am and the nurse immediately took all of his clothes off to weigh him and get his temperature. His temperature had gone down to 100.8 degrees but they decided that they wanted to check him to make sure he was doing okay. Of course, they asked me a thousand questions but I was more content because I knew that I would get my answer. I was in the hospital for 2 hours all together and they ended up telling me that he only has a cold. The doctor told me to give him Motrin and not to worry about anything because he's just fine. He's been just fine ever since I left the hospital. But, now that he's fine, I am extremely tired from worrying all night if he will get better or not. I got some rest immediately after he fell asleep again and now I am ready for anything again... This situation has taught me a lesson to respond quickly but responsibly and not to panic but to be calm.
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