I guess we weren't the only ones that had the idea to celebrate Valentine's Day on Thursday, because the wait was about 45 min. We used this time to go to the Baby Depot, just a few stores down from Outback, and pick out a few things for our new baby.
When our name was finally called, Case and I enjoyed a Valentine's steak dinner. Complete with an entree and a cheesecake dessert.
We finally got home around 8:30. We apologized for taking so long to grandma and grandpa Mecham, but they didn't seem to mind spending a little extra time with our little Mason.
On Friday, Valentine's Day, Mason woke up with a small temperature. I didn't think much of it and continued with our morning routine of eating breakfast-heart shaped waffles that Mason wouldn't even eat, getting ready for the day, and heading over to Amy's to work.
By the time we got done working, Mase was a total wreck. I took him home thinking a nap would help him feel better.
Mase only napped for about 30 min. By this time I knew that he was probably getting a little touch of the flu. Mase spent the rest of the day resting in my arms and watching Barney, Bob the Builder, and Sesame Street.
After Mason woke up from his afternoon nap we decided to go handout our Valentine's. We always have so much fun making and decorating cookies, then doorbell ditching them to family. When we got home we had been doorbell ditched with lots of Valentine's from family--see why I love Valentine's Day!! Even our little Mason was totally spoiled on Valentine's Day. He got a Valentine in the mail from grandma and grandpa Furr and a Valentine from grandma and grandpa Mecham too.
The rest of our Valentine weekend wasn't quite as exciting. Friday night to Saturday morning Mason didn't sleep at all. Our poor little guy was definitely feeling under the weather. Nothing we did was helping Mason. Finally at about 4:30am we took a little drive in the car. We were finally able to get him calmed down and he fell asleep until 6:00.
When Mason woke up at 6:00 we found these little soars/rash all over his little body. They were all over his little face, hands, feet, legs, and his little bottom. I wasn't quite sure what it was, but I had a pretty good idea it was hand, foot, and mouth disease.
Throughout the day, Mason was pretty sad and seemed to be in a lot of pain. We took endless drives, which seemed like the only thing we could do to help him calm down and fall asleep. On one of our drives we drove down to Springville to have Casey's dad help give our little guy a blessing.
By about 7:00 Saturday night, neither Case nor I could get our little Mason to calm down. We hadn't been able to get him to eat or drink anything all day and his crying had come to the point where he was inconsolable. By this time I finally decided to call the doctor. I called my mom and she came with me while Casey and my dad stayed home and watched a movie. We found out that Mason did have hand, foot, and mouth disease and the soars in his little mouth were the ones that were probably causing him so much pain. There is nothing you can really do for this virus except giving them Tylenol and Ibuprofen and trying to keep them hydrated. I'm so grateful to my mom and dad for helping us out so much on Saturday night.
After taking Mason to the doctor on Saturday night, things seemed to go uphill from there. Mason slept through most of the night, only waking up about 5 times. Sunday he was finally smiling and laughing again and we were able to finally get him to drink a little and eat a little. The doctor said that giving Mason Benadryl might help Mason's mouth to feel better. He said that Benadryl numbs the mouth. Sunday night we decided to give Mason some Benadryl to see if it would help with his mouth pain. Instead, it made Mason really loopy. Mason was running into furniture, running into walls, he couldn't walk, and when he pointed to go downstairs and Case opened the baby gate to help him crawl down the stairs, Mason forgot there were stairs and face planted. I think it's safe to say, NO more Benadryl for Mason for awhile. By Monday it seemed like our little Mason was almost back to normal. Besides the rash and being a little sleeper than usual, our little Mason looked and acted almost 100%.
Besides the fact that our weekend ended with our little guy getting sick, we still had a great Valentine's Day and weekend. We are so grateful that our little Mason is feeling much better!
Happy Valentine's Day!
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