Not a fun week with Parker...

So, a couple weeks ago on a Tuesday night, Daniel was getting ready to go to scouts and the kids were playing. Staucie and Parker went down our little play slide with Staucie on top of Parker, normal, but Staucie landed on Parker's head just as Daniel was going out the door. I was changing Addie's diaper and then Staucie yelled that Parker had a bloody nose. Daniel heard it and came back in. We got a tissue stuffed up his nose and Daniel left. I got the kids to bed later and all was well.

Well, later that night at around 2:30am or something, who really knows, I woke up Daniel to have him put Parker back in his bed. Parker gets in our bed pretty much every night. I can't sleep with 3 of us in our queen size bed, even though Parker always gets in with Daniel. Daniel can sleep through anything and sleep anywhere. Me, not so much. I need things perfect and quiet, which means I don't ever sleep so well... Anywho, Daniel noticed a big dark spot on his pillow when he sat up. It looked like blood so I went to get a tissue to wipe Parker's nose. I came back and Daniel shined a light with his phone onto Parker's face. It was COVERED in blood. Comletely covered. It had pooled by his eye and such, and he had smeared it everywhere. It was just a horrific scene. I thought about getting the camera to take a picture but was just too dang tired. (Now I really wish I would have.) I got a wash cloth and cleaned his face and hands. We put him back in his bed and I got Daniel a new pillow, which had 2 big spots of blood and other smears of blood. Our sheets also had blood smeared all over them.
Well, the next day when I was walking out of the boys room I noticed something on the wall by Parker's bed. It was a bloody handprint and another smudge of blood next to it. I looked in his bed and saw blood smears in his sheets and a bloody handprint on his bed railing. Then I picked up his big, blue body pillow that was against the wall and there was a big pool of blood under it. Still wet too. That must have been where he was sleeping and then finished bleeding in our bed. It was a very bloody scene. Sorry if you are afraid of blood :) I did laugh, but also had to wash it all.

His handprint on the wall. It's like a crime scene.

Another smudge on the wall.

So I spent the day washing bloody sheets. And then Wednesday night I was getting out of the shower at about 10:00pm and in comes Parker and he throws up all over the bathroom floor. I helped him to the toilet where he threw up some more. I cleaned him up and he also sounded like he might have croup so we made him a bed on the floor next to our bed and turned on a humidifier. Croup can be scary because they can't breath so we wanted him next to us that night. I am sure he would have come in anyways. I also gave him a barf bowl.

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Then on Friday I had to take Bensen to the doctor for his well-check so I asked our wonderful pediatrician to listen to Parker's lungs because he sounded like he had croup. The doctor perscribed us some oral steroids and sent us home. Since Parker is now 3 years old his croup this year was so much better and he actually didn't even need any breathing treatments. We just did oral steroids and a humidifier for a couple of days. The only problem with it was that steroids affect him HORRIBLY! Holy moly, we were going crazy with that kid. He was sleeping even worse then before. He was throwing fits all day. I started feeling sick on Monday and ended up with some horrible sinus cold that knocked me out for a week and not feeling well made it even harder to be patient with him. Luckily, Parker finally started getting back to normal by Wednesday.

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It was like he was two again. We did not have so much fun during Parker's "terrible two" stage. I am so glad we are back to normal with Parker. Now he just has a normal cold. I am also grateful that we have not had to deal with RSV or pneumonia like others we know. Addie got croup this week, but we caught it early and now she just has a cold. She had a shot of steroids and a breathing treatment and it really helped. Luckily her steroids that she took for a couple days did not make her as crazy as Parker. I am still recovering from whatever I had, but I am slowly getting my energy back. This sick season is no fun, but I know we are fortunate that we haven't ended up in the hospital with worse problems, so knock on wood.