On the mend

So Monday Max got his 6 mos immunizations. He is used to this and has never had an issue with immunizations. However since Monday he has been very sick. He has had a 102-103 temperature all week. Since a fever this high should only last 48 hours, we had to take him to the Overlake clinic last night. He also wasn't eating but 2-3 bottles per day. The doc did a urinalysis to make sure he didn't have a urinary tract infection. It came back clean so they said to give it one more day. Well today is day 4 and he is still sick. We took him back to Overlake to get blood drawn which is not a site I was ready for. You know how hard it is to see veins on a chubby baby? Not easy. It's more like poke around until you find a vein. They first poked his arm and found nothing then went to the top of his hand and was successful. Max screamed but since he is hoarse from crying all week, you really couldn't hear much. So we got some results back tonight and it shows he is battling some sort of virus. They said to see how he is tomorrow and we will go from there. If he is fine, then his body is fighting it on it's own. The doc thinks since immunizations temporarily weaken your system, he must have caught something during that time. Probably at the doctor's office. So Justin and I have not got much sleep. Max will cry if you set him down or leave him by himself so he had to sleep with us all week and not only that, but on our chest. So Justin stayed up until after 2am sitting upright on the couch with Max on his chest. I came down and said ok, it's my turn go get some sleep. But 17lbs on your chest is like your suffocating after an hour. So I maneuvered him so he was sleeping on my arm with his head on my chest. He was fine as long as he was touching me. Tonight he is sleeping well so I think he may be feeling a little bit better. Since Max is sick we missed Chelsea's play tonight that she had a lead role in. We feel bad since we really wanted to see it. I really hope we can make it tomorrow. I love watching Chelsea perform. Hopefully I can post something on that tomorrow!