Uh oh..

Well I guess you get what you deserve. Taking Jonas out and about as now turned into a cold. It is a little frustrating because we try so hard to be smart about what we do, where we go and when we go. Dang summer colds, I thought we'd snuck by.

He's got a couple of things going on:
Monday night we went camping in the backyard. Jonas did not have a good night, we thought it was because it was kind of cold. While calling the camp out done at 6 am and in the process of moving Jonas inside he aspirated on his saliva and/or reflux. After recuperating from that episode we discovered that he had a temp. of 106.2!!!
Are you kidding me! Who has a fever of 106!
Camping seemed to be enjoyable

As we assessed the situation we recalled his ears. Flashback: After we returned from our beach trip, I cleaned out Jonas' ears and he had some different colored ear "stuff"(I hate saying wax it's gross). I passed it off as nothing. I found that a couple of more times and Whit felt like we should get his ears checked. We were in the thought process of seeing our pediatrician anyway. We made a call, of course Dr. is off that day, but we are in that morning. By the time we got to the office, Jonas' temp was down and he seemed to be ok.
In the ear that we thought was fine... an infection
The ear we thought was having a problem... a ruptured eardrum!!
Oh my heck, by now Whit and I feel like great parents. On our behalf, Jonas never gave me any signs that he felt bad.
While checking him out, he also mentioned that Jonas had a little cold brewing in his nose. We'd hoped that was just maybe some side effect of sleeping outside, but no.
He's on meds to help nip the ears in the butt and in the process hopefully keep back anything in his lungs from the aspiration from turning into a pneumonia. Plus boost his immune system to hopefully help him get over this cold asap.
Later that night he had a bath and did not do well again. He most likely aspirated again causing his sats to drop and sound really bad. We were teetering on going to the hospital.
Today he sounds pretty dang junky in his lungs, a little Darth Vaderish or like a frog croaking. After his respitory therapies he sounds a little better but not clear. He has been acting much happier than I expect.
He can still give a smile for his little corn. ( I like to grow minature things for Jonas, recall mini carrot last year)

With all that is going on who knows what caused what. Maybe the ear infection was the cause for the fever...maybe the fever is from him aspirating...maybe it's from his cold. All I know is that he is sick. It just stinks because he was doing so well and now it's a step back again and who knows how long it will take to regain the ground that we had. We are hopeful that he can be strong and recover quickly. I've said it before and I will say it again, he is a trooper!