I've been looking forward to Spring Break for awhile now!
My boys & I were needing a break from Preschool & were looking forward to doing whatever we wanted!
Matt started a new schedule recently & he is home on Wednesdays & Thursdays, so I was looking forward to taking the boys camping for a couple of days with all of our cousins!
I was even thinking about potty training Ryler, since he would have 100% of my focus!
Well..our Spring Break didn't turn out to be much of a break at all...
It started out with a LATE NIGHT URGENT CARE visit Saturday night/Sunday morning.
Parker had pnemonia & after picking up ANTIBIOTICS, we settled in for the next several days.
We were stuck at home, avoiding spreading our germs & it was SO SAD to see Parker sick:(
Thursday, both my boys were doing really well, so we decided to go "Camping" for the day! It turned out to be a SUCCESS & was our one FUN DAY we enjoyed during Spring Break! I just wish Matt didn't have to work, so he could've came with us!
Friday, my brother Matt started demolishing/painting a bathroom at my parent's house & we spent the entire day/night working on the bathroom. I like that kind of work, but I was EXHAUSTED by the end of the night & so were my boys.
We were just about to leave my parent's house...Friday night about 9pm & Parker started screaming at the front door. We thought maybe he tripped & fell, so we were checking his legs. He said BOTH LEGS HURT & he was crying like I have never heard him cry. Minutes passed & deciding he must have broken a leg, I scooped him up in my arms & when I lifted him up...my mom saw one of these guys underneath where he was...
yuck!
Poor boy! We decided he must have stepped on it & immediately collapsed in pain...where it continued stinging him SEVERAL TIMES on both his feet/legs, while we were trying to figure out what was wrong with him! While scorpions are common at my parent's, we haven't seen a scorpion all winter long, so it wasn't our first thought.
I knew he was going to be in a LOT OF PAIN, but I figured he was so tired that he would probably crash when we got home. 3 hours later, he was still crying in pain & it wasn't letting up.
He started twitching & acted like a fish out of water...just restlessly moving back and forth & back and forth. I took him for a drive, hoping it would help him fall asleep & it seemed to make it worse. Around midnight, I decided to call Banner Poison Control & they asked if his eyes were twitching. I couldn't tell, since he had been crying for hours straight, but I knew he was having muscle spasms, which was there next question. They suggested I take him to the ER & I decided to go in, hoping they could at least give him a stronger pain killer that would help him sleep!
Taking a CRYING CHILD to the ER is the way to get in quickly! I think everyone was tired of hearing him, because we got in right away, while there was a LOT of people in the waiting room! They came in quickly and checked his eyes, which were GOING CRAZY! It was kind of scary to see. They put us in a room, gave him Benadryl to see if it would help, before resorting to an Anti-Venom.
Around 2am, he started to relax a little & closed his eyes, but his body kept jerking. They decided that since it has been almost 6 hrs since the sting, that he would probably do better the rest of the night & we headed home.
We got home & unfortunately still spent the next 4 hours in tears, without much relief. The poor boy's body just could NOT RELAX & let him sleep! I think he got quite a bit of venom in him, because you could tell he didn't have control over his muscle spasms. Around 6:30am, he finally crashed & we both slept pretty well(he would still wake up if his body jerked or legs got bumped) until 9am when Ryler woke us up. I'm just glad Ry slept in!
Saturday was pretty uneventful, we all spent the day in EXHAUSTION! Parker fell asleep about 1pm, so I was excited to put Ryler down for a nap, but of course chose that day to FIGHT IT & would never go to sleep:( We met up with cousins at the park that night for Pizza for a little bit...we had FUN getting out & the boys had a blast playing & we all came home and were asleep by 8:30pm...including ME!
Well...despite not getting much of a "BREAK", I'm so grateful that we are all healthy & doing well again! Those 2 LATE NIGHTS with Parker were a couple of the hardest I've endured as a mother. There is nothing worse than seeing your child in pain & not being able to do anything to help. I'm so glad he is okay now & hope that we can steer clear of Doctors for awhile now!:)
