Day Care Called About Patrick Today

Earlier this morning day care called to let us know that Patrick was turning blue and shaking with fever. Joel picked him up and I met him at my mom's house with Patrick. Joel went back to work and Mom and I watched Patrick until his 3:00 appointment.

At today’s appt. the Dr. could not find anything wrong with him. All tests came back normal and surprisingly his white blood cell counts were low for him. We then went to St. Francis North and had a chest x-ray. I do not expect them to find anything. It has become routine for us to do x-rays just to rule out what might be causing the problem. Patrick is sleeping for now and sweet Morgan is spending the night at her Nana and Gramps' house. Bright and early, Nana will swing by our house and change her clothes. Morgan's class will be dressing up as Pilgrims and Indians and will go singing at a nursing home.

We have an appt. in Little Rock for Dec. 9th to have another Doctor look him over. We are looking for a reason why he is always sick.

Wednesday. Chest x-ray results showed that he had a little bit of bronchitis and a red rash all over. G.G. Kept Patrick.

Thursday. G.G. kept Patrick. He had a full body rash all day, no fever, ate a little, was clingy.

Friday. Nana kept Patrick. At 10 a.m. Nana noticed that Patrick had 104 fever and his arm was blue. Nana and Joel took him in to see Dr. Ricks. Ricks referred us to the Children's hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. We arrived at the E.R. around 6 p.m. Patrick's fever had gone down and his rash was looking a little better. The room was ready for us 8 hours later. Joel had to sleep in the ICU waiting room while I kept Patrick in our room.

Saturday. The rash faded more, no fever, and Patrick seemed well. The team of doctors ran tests, x-rays, and cat scans to look for underlying illnesses. Everything came back normal.

Sunday. No signs of a rash and no fever. We were released and told to run a few more tests in Monroe by Tuesday. We ate dinner with Cliff Masters and his family and then headed home.

Monday. Patrick is very happy and playful today. Once again he is feeling great. We hope it will be a long time before he catches something.

Tuesday, November 25th. G.G. will take Patrick for some blood work. She will keep both kids while Joel and I go to Shreveport to get out of town and visit our friends, Ces and Wes.

THE TEAM OF DOCTORS AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AGREED THAT PATRICK IS HEALTHY. HIS BODY HANDLES ILLNESSES DIFFERENT FROM SOME CHILDREN AND THAT IS THAT. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE NEWS.