Strep?

Ethan had a rough night on Sunday - we put him to bed at regular time but 5 hour later, after lots of crying, coughing, holding his throat, runny nose, Tylenol, and Benadryl, we finally got him to fall asleep. When he woke up Monday morning, he was a little rested but still feeling pretty miserable and just had that "sick look". So I called the pediatrician and got him in for early afternoon (during nap time). Having known that he was exposed to strep last week, I was able to talk the doc into running a strep test. The rapid test came back negative and we should know the other test result by Wed. (tomorrow). The doc (which by the way was the best one we've seen yet in that office!) did say that Ethan's throat looked red and swollen but no puss so he didn't think the other test would come back positive but went ahead and prescribed Amoxicillin just in case. You know these heart babies - you can't take any chances and he's definitely got some kind of illness - and the doc kept repeating that it doesn't look like a viral bug so he still recommended us finishing the full 10 days of the antibiotic even if the test does end up negative tomorrow.

Soooo, we're just laying low today, trying to let Ethan catch up on rest since he didn't sleep well Sunday night and didn't get a nap yesterday. He did sleep all night long last night though, so that was good. So if you get the chance, keep us in your prayers this week that this bug will not last long and that Ethan can get to feeling better soon.

Also, please keep our other heart buddies in your prayers - especially baby Stellan who had to have surgery this morning to try to fix his rapid heart rate (SVT). I haven't posted about Stellan before as he's one of our newest heart friends but I'll add his link on the right with our other heart friends. And also remember to keep princess Lindsay and Sofia in your prayers as they have both been waiting multiple months for a new heart - both at University of Michigan (U of M).