The last few days have become very stressful around here. Carson has not been feeling well, although I can't even begin to tell you how or why. I have noticed over the last week or so that he has been taking naps during the day in random situations. He hasn't really taken naps since he was about 2 years old. Two Mondays ago he fell asleep at school and then a few days later he fell asleep at 10 am in the grocery store after sleeping all night and getting up at 8 am.
It has really become a puzzle because I can tell that he doesn't feel good, you can see it in his eyes and he hasn't been eating very much. He is still drinking as usual and peeing a lot so I know he isn't dehydrated but Thursday he woke up and wanted me to hold him practically all day long. He will stick his tongue out and rub it with his hand and then take my hand to rub it too - it's VERY dry, which again is really weird because he has been drinking constantly and eating ice.
Thursday I took him to the grocery store with me to get a few things and while I was looking at something he frantically started trying to turn my head to the right. When I looked over at the items in the cooler it was pizza. He was flicking his fingers towards the pizza and squealing. I was happy to see he was interested in at least SOME food so I bought two. When I got home he kept trying to get it out of the bag while I was putting the groceries away. When I had the pizza made he didn't want it though. It was so frustrating to think that he was finally going to eat something and then he didn't. I did finally get him to eat some pretzels and dip, but only a few.
Yesterday (Friday) he was up early (6:30 am) and luckily Mike is off work for the holidays and was home so I didn't have to drag him out into the cold to walk Baylee to the bus. At 9 am yesterday Mike was getting ready to do some last minute Christmas shopping and was trying to tell Carson bye but he just went into his room with his iPad. I went to check on him just a couple minutes later and he was sound asleep on his bed! In his whole life he has never just gone to bed. He slept until 11 am. When he got up he didn't want to eat anything again. I could see that he didn't feel good and he was just lying around and contemplated taking him to the doctor but I know from previous experiences that if I take him with no fever and he's drinking and peeing they'll just tell me to watch him and see if it gets better in a few weeks. I tried to get him to take some Tylenol but after holding him down and trying to stuff them in his mouth he started crying and I figured crying would just make him feel even worse so I left it alone.
I had to leave at noon to go help at Baylee's school for their class Christmas party and left Carson home with Mike. Since I was at school I didn't have my phone for almost 3 1/2 hours and was very anxious about how Carson was feeling. When I called Mike he said that he had perked up and had even eaten a bit for lunch. I stopped and got LaRosa's Pizza for dinner (a Cincinnati favorite) and when I got home Carson ate several pieces. He was happy and content and things seemed to be looking up. At 6 pm he fell asleep on the living room floor. My heart sank. We carried him to bed and changed his diaper hoping it would wake him up since it was so late in the day but he stayed sound asleep. I went to bed at 9 thinking if he did wake up he would come into my bedroom looking for me but it was hard to sleep. Mike was still up and had lights on and I didn't want to shut the door because that would be a change in the routine and Carson doesn't handle change very well.
(This Post was From December 20TH I will not finish it but thought it was important for everyone to read. Next post will explain)
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