Mr. Pathetic

Rooney sicko
Originally uploaded by wade0016.

Rooney is sick again. Monday he seemed to have a slight fever and wasn't as frisky as he usually is but he seemed to eat OK and he kind of bounced back later in the afternoon. I thought maybe he was just teething or getting a cold but that night he was awake all night! Mike and I got about 3 hours of sleep each. We kind of took turns staying up with Roonster. Each time I would get him to sleep in my arms and try to put him down in his crib he would wake up crying. It got to be so frustrating...for both of us I'm sure.

Rooney's friend had recently been diagnosed with Hand Foot Mouth Disease. He eventually had rashy blisters almost everywhere but his mouth. They hung out together Thursday (before anyone knew his friend was sick), inadvertently shared a sippy cup and Rooney got sick. I did not originally believe Rooney had the same thing because he did not have any blisters, however, he was drooling buckets and eventually soaked through at least 4 bibs yesterday (note the drool bib he has on in all the photos). I kept trying to check his mouth when he would open it. I was really looking for new teeth but eventually saw the blisters! Poor baby!

So as you can imagine Rooney has been very uncomfortable. There isn't much treatment for this disease but we have been trying to make him comfortable. He is very leery now whenever we offer him anything by mouth. He didn't eat much yesterday but we were able to get him to drink and finally eat dinner. Last night Rooney slept 7hrs and only woke up to get something to eat. Yay!

I took some pretty cute pictures of him roaming the house yesterday. Click here to view them.