Little Ice Man

Well, I haven't had time to tell the story, but little Isaac ended up at Primary Children's a week before Halloween. Poor little guy. He was such a champ.

It was the Friday before and Isaac had been happy all day. He was playing with his cousins and all. I put Isaac to bed at 8:30 that night like I always do. He never cried he just went right to sleep.

At 11:00 Isaac woke up crying. Usually when this happens Mike or I go get him and bring him to our room. Mike got him that night and Isaac just cuddled him for the longest time. When Mike passed him to me he was pretty grumpy. So while he was laying on my chest I started to stroke his little face. I noticed that his neck was huge! I sat up unzipped his pj's to make sure I wasn't imaging anything. Yep, HUGE!... I check his other side of his neck and it was fine. I yelled to Mike who had left the room for a moment. I said "Holy Shit Mike his neck"! Mike came in and was like Wow! From there we called Debbie (Mike's Mom who lives around the corner). She was there in a matter of minutes. I grab shoes, a sweater, and a stuffed animal for Isaac. We headed to the emergency room.

When we got to the ER, we got right in. I was happy they were taking action so fast. We saw a nurse right away, but after that we waited and waited. Then one doc after another were coming in to talk to us. They didn't know what was going on with Isaac. He didn't have a fever or any signs of an infection . The decided to do a CT scan. I was so scared all I pictured was this big t00b and he would have to be pinned down. I was scared for him.

The nurse came in to give him an IV. The poor little guy. At this point Isaac never let go of his stuffed animal. It took them forever to get that IV in his little hand. He did really good though. He only cried half of the time.

Once the IV was in we waited for them to take us to the CT room. I was happy they let us go in with him. I didn't want him to have to do it alone. When they strapped him in, don't worry, the little animal was strapped too!

Needless to say they never really knew what was going on. He had an infection and that's all the knew. We ended up staying over night with IV antibiotics. We never sleep with nurses and doctors coming in all hours of the night. We even meet with a surgeon. Come to find out they were thinking they may have to do surgery on his neck to drain the fluid. Isaac had done so good so far but surgery would have been the last straw for us both.

Everyday are favorite people came to see little Isaac. Of course Luca, and Daddy. Danny and Emma came and brought us ice cream. Grandma, and Grandpa Wilson came to play. On the last day Isaac's Great Grandpa Wilson came to see him. It was really sweet we couldn't leave the hospital room it was really nice to have the company.

Sunday morning we saw the ear,nose, and throat doctor and a surgeon. I thought for sure we would be staying another night and possible doing surgery Monday morning. I was upset and sad for little Ice Man. However this is when My Dad and Grandpa Wilson showed up. They gave little Isaac a blessing. When I am that worried about my boy I will turn to anything to make him feel better.

That afternoon one of the many doctors came in to tell us we could go home. Isaac wasn't getting better but he wasn't getting worse. So if we felt comfortable enough we could go home, and see how Isaac would do with his antibiotic at home.

I was really scared to leave I didn't want something to go wrong at home and me not know what to do. We went home that day anyways. Mike stayed home from work on Monday to be with me and the kids. I honestly need some recover time from being so worried.

Isaac is now health with no signs he was ever sick. His swelling has gone down a 100%. He is just happy about not taking the medicine anymore!!!